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Embracing the No-Till ‘Greenhouse’ Effect

By John Dobberstein posted on July 24, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing

From interseeding to relay cropping to ‘engineering by inventory,’ Loran Steinlage is building a profitable, divergent no-till operation

Pictured Above: PRECISION NO-TILL. West Union, Iowa, no-tiller Loran Steinlage has seen as much as a 15-bushel yield benefit in corn by interseeding it into cover crops with planters and drills he’s built or modified. Ever in search of increased productivity, Steinlage is converting his 750-acre farm to relay or “companion” cropping to take advantage of synergies from raising several crops together

Several years ago, a trip with friends to look at greenhouses led Loran…

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John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is the Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer, and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. This is John's second stint with Lessiter Media, the previous lasting almost 13 years.

Contact: jdobberstein@lessitermedia.com

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