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Precision Thinking
| By Susan Winsor
Ken Greene doesn't like lazy assets. Having swapped out a few plows, a soil finisher and disks in favor of a Hiniker strip-till tool, he turned his attention... More
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Custom Rates Increasing
Apr 8, 2008 11:43 AM | By Kent Thiesse
As would be expected with increasing fuel costs, average 2008 custom rates for farm work have also risen, compared to 2007 and 2006 custom rates... More
Operation Strip-Till Gets Rolling
Mar 31, 2008 5:26 PM | Source: Iowa State University
Two north-central Iowa men put their heads together and created an opportunity for farmers interested in trying strip-till on their farms... More
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Precision Thinking
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Ken Greene doesn't like lazy assets. Having swapped out a few plows, a soil finisher and disks in favor of a Hiniker strip-till tool, he turned his attention... More
How to be an Energy Miser
Feb 15, 2008 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Which part of your operation uses the most energy? Many growers would say tillage trips are their farm's energy hog. Conventional tillage requires about... More
Planting with Perfection
Feb 15, 2008 12:00 PM | By Denny Eilers
A Thompson sub-machine gun fires 18 bullets a second. That's the same speed most corn growers sock kernels into the ground every spring. Today's planters... More
Why Hire a Crop Consultant?
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
From questions on soil fertility and precision agriculture, to stacked-after-stacked seed varieties and herbicide selection, the $4-8/acre premium for... More
Farming Data Fields
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Susan Winsor
Most days, Bill Butler farms the same fields that his ancestor Bartholomeaus Theiss farmed in Sublette, IL. But in his office, he has broken down 1,313... More
Trial Run: Test-ifying at Home
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Liz Morrison
Before Tom Oswald adopts a new farm product or practice, he likes to take it for a trial run or two, or three. The Cleghorn, IA, grower has been conducting... More
Auto-Steer Wows Our Workers
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Tyler Bruch
It's been a particularly unusual start to this year's growing season for me and for many producers here in western Bahia. The rains that normally start... More
