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-Tilling Corn to Combat High Fuel Prices

Kip Siegler, located in Michigan, grows corn, soybeans, hay and wheat while milking nearly 200 cows a day. Join him for planting season as he no-tills corn with a no-till planter for the first time.


No-Till a First Step to Increasing Profitability

In this video, Rick Clark, a U.S. farmer, shares how his farm transitioned from conventional tillage to no-till and growing cover crops in an effort to increase profitability. Clark has reduced his inputs by nearly $2.8 million.


No-Till Transition Transforms Farm

On a bus tour to South Dakota with a crop residue group, Ray Ward was convinced to start addressing the problems rather than the symptoms on his farm. Since 1994, when Ward stopped doing tillage, he has seen healthy soil structure and earthworms return to his farm. Read more about his journey in this article from Farm Progress.

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Source: Curt Arens


No-Till Planter for Multiple Crops

Innovator Mark Richards has been building a planter that can precisely plant soybeans, winter wheat and eventually corn in a no-till system. His custom closing wheel system ensures consistent seed-to-soil contact even in his high-residue fields in Canada. Check it out in this video.


No-Till Management Logistics

After seeing how much a cover crop could change soil structure in just one year, Tom Cotter started thinking more about soil health. On this episode of the Regenerative Ag podcast, the Minnesota farmer shares how he implemented no-till and cover crop practices on his previously conventional farm.


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