Area motorist may be seeing a different type of tillage being
performed on farm fields in the county. Albert Maag, Putnam
County SWCD technician, recently acquired a USDA-NRCS
Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to investigate using a
strip-tiller to incorporate fall fertilizer. Five demonstration
sites consisting of 40 acres each were completed last week. The
demonstrations are located around Ottawa (2), Glandorf, Kalida,
and Pandora. Blanchard Valley Coop is assisting with the
equipment for the demonstrations. The goal of the demonstration
plots is to see if strip tillage with fall fertilizer
application is a feasible method of producing no-till corn while
reducing nutrient runoff, especially phosphorus movement to
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