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:
- Controlling Weed in No-Till Corn During a Wet Growing Season
- Regenerating the Desert in Arizona — From Wasteland to Fertile Farmland
- No-Till & Cover Crops at a Record Pace!
- No-Till Planting Oats in Minnesota
- Cover Crops, No-Till & Direct Beef Marketing Transformed this Farm’s Future
Controlling Weed in No-Till Corn During a Wet Growing Season
On Boehm Farm in southwest Ohio, no-till corn is planted with hope, a prayer and far too much rain. Check out this video for an update on a very wet season so far.
Regenerating the Desert in Arizona — From Wasteland to Fertile Farmland
In this video from Heifer USA, explore no-till farming and regenerative land management practices in a desert region. From soil regeneration to sustainable food production, this is a living example of greening the desert through ethical food production and soil restoration.
No-Till & Cover Crops at a Record Pace!
In this video from “Farmin’ Ain’t Easy,” watch as annual ryegrass is no-till planted at a pace of 10 miles per hour.
Source: Farmin' Ain't Easy YouTube
No-Till Planting Oats in Minnesota
Check out this video of a Minnesota grower planting oat seed earlier this spring with a Great Plains 1006NT drill and his trusty 4020 John Deere.
Cover Crops, No-Till & Direct Beef Marketing Transformed this Farm’s Future
Continuous corn formed much of the cropping component for Beringer Family Farms from its start in the 1950s. It was mainly used to feed the 1,000 head of feedlot cattle as Lillie Beringer-Crock was growing up on the Cascade, Iowa, farm. However, she saw more potential for the farm’s cropping system and its sandy soils. Read more here.
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Source: Gill Gullickson
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