www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field horticultural-crop-farmer-profiles bill-chambers-corvallis-or Bill Chambers, Corvallis, OR Horticultural Crops: The Farmers Diversified Oregon Grower Matches Tools to the Task Bill ChambersCorvallis, Oregon Weed management highlights Strategies: crop rotation (irrigated and non-irrigated, early- and late-seeded)... cover crops to suppress weeds... modified stale seedbed tillage-cultivation-planting sequence... hand-hoeing Tools: flex-tine weeder... rolling cultivator... rotary power harrow... high-residue cultivator... low-residue cultivator... sweeps, disks, tines and shanks […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles steve-mckaskle-kennett-mo Steve McKaskle, Kennett, MO Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Steel, Flames Beat Back Weeds in Delta Cotton Steve McKaskleKennett, Missouri Weed management highlights Strategies: crop rotation... composting and cover crops to improve soil quality... aggressive mechanical weed control... manual hoeing Tools: 'do-all' combination tool... standard rotary hoe... no-till cultivators.. flamer As a pioneer in managing cotton weeds without herbicides, […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles nelson-hattaway-blakely-ga Nelson Hattaway, Blakely, GA Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Single-Sweep Shines in Georgia Cotton Nelson HattawayBlakely, Georgia Weed management highlights Strategies: Banding in-row herbicides... cultivators for escape weeds in row middles... winter cover crops full-rate herbicides Tools: single-sweep, maximum-residue cultivator... low-residue cultivator Mechanical cultivation never went out of style in southwest Georgia, but a surge of interest in single-sweep, […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles gary-thacker-tucson-az Gary Thacker, Tucson, AZ Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Guided Precision Tools Finesse Whole Fields Faster Gary ThackerCounty Extension Agent and researcherTucson, Arizona Weed management highlights Strategies: Cultivation-based weed control in commercial irrigated cotton... reduced herbicide use Tools:In-row weeding tools (vegetable knives, crescent hoes, Bezzerides tools) mounted on a heavy-duty, straight-shank cultivator equipped with an articulated automatic guidance system […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles rex-and-glenn-spray-mount-vernon-oh Rex and Glenn Spray, Mount Vernon, OH Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Brothers Perfect Disking, Cultivating That Beats No-Till on Sloping Land Glenn and Rex SprayMount Vernon, Ohio Weed management highlights Strategies: delayed planting into warm soil... crop rotation... high-tilth soil with increasing organic matter... mechanical controls Tools: spike-tooth harrow... standard rotary hoe... four-row low-residue cultivators... rolling shields... tent shields Two Ohio […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles jack-erisman-pana-il Jack Erisman, Pana, IL Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers A Sustainable Transition Takes the Right Metal Jack ErismanPana, Illinois Weed management highlights Strategies: Minimum tillage... cover crops... seven-year, flexible crop rotation... mechanical cultivation Tools: Flexible-chain harrow... high-residue rotary hoe... three cultivators (low-residue, high-residue, maximum residue)... heavy and light tandem disks Jack Erisman uses both conventional and unconventional practices to […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles rich-bennett-napoleon-oh Rich Bennett, Napoleon, OH Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Covers and Cultivation Check No-Till Weeds Rich BennettNapoleon, Ohio Weed management highlights Strategies: Crop rotation... cover crops... herbicide kill or incorporation of covers... timely cultivation Tools: High-residue cultivator... disk harrow Rich Bennett has mastered an alternative low-input system that features planting soybeans into herbicide-killed grain rye or hairy vetch, cultivating […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles carmen-fernholz-madison-mn Carmen Fernholz, Madison, MN Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers No-Chemical Control Regime Integrates Timing, Tools, Covers Carmen FernholzMadison, Minnesota Weed management highlights Strategies: delayed planting into warm soil... crop rotation... high-tilth soil with increasing organic matter... mechanical controls Tools: low-residue C-shank cultivator (front and rear mounts)... standard rotary hoe... field cultivator... chisel plow Canada thistles have kept Carmen Fernholz […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles peter-kenagy-albany-or Peter Kenagy, Albany, OR Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers More Weed Control With Fewer Passes Peter KenagyAlbany, Oregon Weed management highlights Strategies: strip tillage into herbicide- and winter-killed covers... banded herbicides... field borders in mowed sod crops... prevention of off-site introduction of weed seeds Tools: Maximum-residue cultivator... rotary hoe... front-mount conventional cultivator.. rotary tiller Cover crops on Peter Kenagy's […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles dick-and-sharon-thompson-boone-ia Dick and Sharon Thompson, Boone, IA Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Thompson Farm Trials Confirm Efficiencies of Covers, Hoes, Cultivators Dick & Sharon ThompsonBoone, Iowa 300 acres of corn, soybeans, oats, hay, cover cropsridge-till for row crops in the rolling fields of central Iowa Weed management highlights Strategies: early weeds managed to suppress late-germinating weeds... no preplant tillage... increased plant population... […]