When testing a new product or practice on your own farm, it is important to think about how to design and set up a trial to accurately test the new product or practice. Just because a yield difference is observed, doesn’t always mean the new product or practice you tested is the reason for this difference.

While the “original” events in Hawaii were discontinued in 1980, we’d considered producing an event like the National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC) for years. But we always had more than we could handle in getting our magazines, newsletters and books out the door. The No-Till History series is made possible by Montag Manufacturing.

Rotating to soybean in the following year may help reduce the tar spot inoculum in that field. Another consideration is to plant a tar spot tolerant hybrid in that field and surrounding fields.