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:
- Don’t Miss the First Step for No-Till Weed Control!
- You Can’t Increase Organic Matter with Tillage
- No-Till Soybean Planting with John Deere ExactEmerge
- No-Till Beans Before Corn
- What It Takes to Make No-Till Work Long-Term
Don’t Miss the First Step for No-Till Weed Control!
Check out this post on X, (formerly Twitter), from South Dakota grower Rick Bieber as he shares his two cents on the first and most important step to take for weed control in a no-till system.
Very first step is to analyze your weeds. If they are in non-competing families, they will help your biological communities bring C to life within soils. Extra herbicide pass will hinder life within soils. Cool Season unlike plants bring more water efficiency than H20 consumption pic.twitter.com/3XuDD95DwY
— RickBieber8 (@RickBieber81) May 8, 2025
You Can’t Increase Organic Matter with Tillage
In this YouTube Short from Vitalize Seed, discover how no-till farming enhances soil health, boosts yields naturally and stops erosion.
No-Till Soybean Planting with John Deere ExactEmerge
Check out this video from Wagner Family Farms, located in Northwest Iowa, as they showcase soybean planting into no-till ground and into cover crops using John Deere ExactEmerge.
No-Till Beans Before Corn
In this video from Farming with Kels, watch as these Minnesota farmers try planting beans before corn on no-till acres.
What It Takes to Make No-Till Work Long-Term
In this video from Soil Network, dig deeper into the practical and philosophical sides of no-till farming — from managing equipment and soil compaction to building a system that actually supports work-life balance.
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