2018-04-25-08_39_33-2.jpg

Getting More Dollars Per Acre With No-Till, Covers and Livestock

By John Dobberstein posted on May 12, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

David Wessel’s recipe for no-till success lets him wring out profits from poorer ground and lean on covers and healthier soil to raise corn, soybeans and wheat more economically.

Pictured Above: MANAGING RESIDUE. No-tiller David Wessel uses a Case IH Early Riser 1200 planter, outfitted with Yetter SharkTooth row cleaners and spiked closing wheels, to plant corn in 20-inch rows. He likes to leave corn stalks standing 8-12 inches high at harvest to reduce residue blowing and drifting. In the past, encountering residue piles had created planting issues

David Wessel isn’t afraid to make the most out of every no-till acre, whether it’s rich…

To view the content, please register or login.
Registration is free. Use your registered user account to watch summit video and webinar replays, download eGuides, and manage your user profile.
KEYWORDS diverse sources of income no-tilling cash crops residue management sharecropping Yetter SharkTooth row cleaners
John-dobberstein2

John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is senior editor of No-Till Farmer magazine and the e-newsletter Dryland No-Tiller. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. He graduated with a B.A. in journalism and political science from Central Michigan University.

Related Articles

If Lawmakers Were to Say ‘Yes,’ Your History with No-Till, Cover Crops and Rotations Could Slice Insurance Costs by $4.50 Per Acre

Cover Crop Enthusiasm Helps No-Tiller Get More With Less

Attend the 2019 National Strip-Tillage Conference

Join the most innovative, forward-thinking strip-till farmers, agronomists and researchers today at the 6th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference in Peoria, Ill., August 1-2, 2019. Discover practical cover cropping techniques and hundreds of proven ideas to boost your strip-till yields.

Learn More

Top Articles

Must Read Free Eguides

Download these helpful knowledge building tools

View More

Videos

20 Years of Cover Crop Experience

20 Years of Cover Crop Experience

Trey Hill and his father own Harborview Farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where they grow corn, soybeans and wheat. He has been growing cover crops for 20 years, and in the last few years has been planting them on all of his acreage.
View More

Events

2020 National No-Tillage Conference

Date: 01/07/20
Location: St. Louis, MO
The 28th annual National No-Tillage Conference offers a mix of general sessions, No-Till Classrooms and invaluable No-Till Roundtables. Just as important is the chance to profit from unlimited hallway networking with the most innovative, forward-thinking minds in no-till during next January's event in St. Louis!
View Event
More Events
All Things Cover Crop

Get all things Cover Crop all the time!

Start Your Membership