By Chad Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Extension Professor
Grain Crops
University of Kentucky
Executive Summary
(3 min 05 sec)
Full Presentation
(22 min 13 sec)
Key Point:
- Explaination and Brief History
- Benifits and Disadvantage
- Key manegement factors
Summary: The presentation will help consultants, growers and other practitioners in the Cornbelt, Mid-South, and Southeast regions with an introduction to no-tillage practices in soybean. Topics include a brief history of no-tillage, the benefits and disadvantages of no-tillage and a comparison of management practices between no-tillage and minimal tillage or conventional tillage systems. By the end of this presentation, the viewer should know more about no-tillage in soybean and basic management practices.
Responsibility: United Soybean Board (USB) farmer-leaders develop and maintain partnerships with U.S. land grant universities and U.S. ag-focused research organizations such as the Plant Management Network to increase the transfer of checkoff-funded applied and practical production research information to U.S. soybean farmers. USB neither recommends nor discourages the implementation of any advice contained herein, and is not liable for the use or misuse of the information provided.
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