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 Without Illusions: Yields Dropped, But Profits Stayed the Same
- This Farmer Just Planted the First Ever Crop on his New Field
- Soil Health, Microorganisms, & Good Cover Crop Management Decisions for Your Operation
- No-Till Drill Trials & Experiments
- A Broken Planter Just Cost This Farmer Precious Hours Off the Clock
No-Till Without Illusions: Yields Dropped, But Profits Stayed the Same
In this video, watch as Ukrainian no-tillers give an honest field conversation about no-till without an ideal picture, but with a real search for a balance between yield, cost and soil conservation.
This Farmer Just Planted the First Ever Crop on his New Field
This farmer just planted the first crop ever on his newly purchased 38-acre field, and it wasn't without its challenges. In this video, he digs behind the planter to check soil moisture, talks through his starter fertilizer program, and discovers his ground has some heavier soil than expected, including high magnesium levels and some mucky conditions down deep.
Soil Health, Microorganisms, & Good Cover Crop Management Decisions for Your Operation
This episode of the Farmers for Soil Health Podcast features Wayne Honeycutt, as he breaks down the importance of soil health but also how nonprofits like the Soil Health Institute work to help farmers overcome the knowledge barrier that can prevent them from making the best management decisions.
No-Till Drill Trials & Experiments
Check out this video as one farmer experiments with planting soybeans with a John Deere 4020 and a 7200 planter into hard and dry dirt.
A Broken Planter Just Cost This Farmer Precious Hours Off the Clock
In this video, watch as a southeast Iowa no-tiller learns the hard way that he is going to have to deal with planter repair and lose precious time off the clock during crunch time.
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