No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:
- No-Till Wheat Farming in the Dry Pacific Northwest
- No-Till Makes Sense from an Efficiency Standpoint
- No-Till & Cover Crops Help Double Organic Matter
- No-Tillers Discuss Ways to Achieve the Lowest Carbon Intensity Score
- Wisconsin Agronomist Encourages Growers to Implement No-Till
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No-Till Wheat Farming in the Dry Pacific Northwest
Amy Kaser, a wheat farmer near The Dalles, Ore., talks about no-till on her family farm. They adopted no-till roughly 30 years ago to help with erosion. Lately, they’ve been seeing more variation in extreme weather on their farm and no-till has been helping them adapt to these changes.
No-Till Makes Sense from an Efficiency Standpoint
Oxford County, Ont., grower Nic Ross talks about how no-till has helped his farm not only from a soil health standpoint, but from an efficiency standpoint because it allows him to do most of the work himself.
No-Till & Cover Crops Help Double Organic Matter
In this article, read about Jason Birdsong, a Prospect, Tenn., grower who saw his farm’s organic matter nearly double after completing a transition to no-till and implementing cover crops into his operation.
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No-Tillers Discuss Ways to Achieve the Lowest Carbon Intensity Score
In this episode of the Carbon Intensity Chit Chat series, Iowa no-tiller and CEO/founder of Continuum Ag, Mitchell Hora sits down with the company’s 2023 Dirty Glove Award Winners for the Best Carbon Intensity (CI) Score, Ryan Oberman and Lane Yoder. Ryan & Lane farm in Southeast Iowa and have a remarkable CI Score of -15.2. Hora says the average score for farmers enrolled in Continuum’s program is 9.9. Learn about their innovative farming practices and their unique journey in achieving such a low CI score.
Wisconsin Agronomist Encourages Growers to Implement No-Till
In this video from University of Wisconsin Integrated Crop & Pest Management, agronomist Joe Lauer discusses the effects of tillage vs. no-till on corn and soybean yields and emphasizes the benefits of no-till during stress years and especially during dry & warm growing seasons.
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