In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s ...

“A soil with more active soil biology and high earthworm populations will help break down the residue. I suggest that no-till corn after corn not be considered unless at least five years of ...

If you normally no-till corn into soybean stubble but your fields ... a coulter will only shove residue into loose soil and tuck it around the seed.” If you are a conventional-tillage farmer ...

University of Minnesota Extension The agriculturally troubled fall of 2009 may be over, but here comes the sequel-a potentially wet spring. Due to the late ...

The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy has been updated to reflect increased access to data and new practices, including a ...

Several years out of corn may be required in no-till situations. C. zeae maydis can survive on corn residue for one to two years. Practices that promote the decomposition of corn residue will greatly ...

When it comes to buying equipment for your no-till operation, there are several things to keep in mind to be successful.

STEWARTVILLE, Minn. - Farmers around our area had the chance to learn more about the benefits of no-till farming through ...

Surface residue also gives the earthworms more time to acclimate to the summer or winter and move down into their resting state ... Very few worms were found in the continuous corn plots under either ...

Similarly, Undi found that there was no difference in ... in fall or early winter corn residue grazing. However, if there is sufficient residue to continue grazing into late December or January ...