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Ahead of the Curve: Is Your Dealership Ready for Growing Use of Cover Crops?

By Dan Crummett posted on September 4, 2015 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets

While the use of cover crops is not new, interest in the benefits they can produce is growing. U.S. farmers are on track to plant cover crops in their normal rotations to the tune of more than 20 million acres by 2020. The interest in keeping something growing on fields year round is rooted in farmers’ search for increased yields, better management of natural rainfall, reduced soil erosion, boosting soil organic matter and better overall “soil health.”


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Ahead of the Curve

Is Your Dealership Ready for Growing Use of Cover Crops?

September 4, 2015 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
While the use of cover crops is not new, interest in the benefits they can produce is growing. U.S. farmers are on track to plant cover crops in their normal rotations to the tune of more than 20 million acres by 2020. The interest in keeping something growing on fields year round is rooted in farmers’ search for increased yields, better management of natural rainfall, reduced soil erosion, boosting soil organic matter and better overall “soil health.”
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Tillage or No-Tillage: High Yields or Soil Health?

The growing emphasis on soil health could be a deciding factor in what type and how much tillage farmers will utilize in the future.
By Dave Kanicki posted on April 10, 2015 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Dealers who haven’t picked up on the push for “soil health” in the last few years haven’t been paying enough attention. When you see mention of ag-related trends in media like the New York Times, it’s probably not because they were looking to write something about agriculture.
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New Era Dawns for Strip-Till

Previously relegated to the Corn Belt states, strip-till is beckoning dealers as adoption rates — and equipment sales — are growing.
By John Dobberstein posted on March 9, 2010 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Previously relegated to the Corn Belt states, strip-till is beckoning dealers as adoption rates — and equipment sales — are growing.
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Montag is the industry’s innovative leader for precise, accurate metering of fertilizer, seed and other nutrients. The Montag system has become the standard for deep banding of fertilizer. Montag is also pioneering the technology for cover crop seed application. The new Cover Crop+ is able to meter the smallest seed, and can be mounted to tillage implements, combines, plus Hagie sprayers and detasselers.

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