Tilling this quarter section of cornstalks in a three-pass program could consume 404 gallons of diesel and take 37 hours. Spraying with a burndown herbicide for a no-till program cuts it back to 20 gallons of fuel and two hours of time.
Skyrocketing fuel and fertilizer bills have tempered some of the enthusiasm over unprecedented commodity prices. It seems like the perfect storm to push a no-till agenda...
Dairy producer John Vrieze's Emerald Dairy has been one of three pilot sites for an on-farm wastewater treatment plant that separates solids to an unprecedented level.
Horse Progress Days, an annual summer event that travels among five states, has served as the only trade show in the world to display newly designed and manufactured horse-powered farming and logging equipment in high demand among Amish and other horse-farming communities.
The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) invites farmers, agricultural advisors and wastewater utilities to attend a workshop on water quality credit trading August 19 and 20, 2008, in Troy, Ohio.
