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Cover Crop Enthusiasm Helps No-Tiller Get More With Less

Spurred on by a payoff in soil quality and reduced inputs, Missouri no-tiller Bruce Bartlett is overcoming cover-crop challenges to improve his no-till system.

By Mark Parker posted on September 1, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Cover crops are driving the roots of Bruce Bartlett’s corn a little deeper into the southwest Missouri soil and delivering bonus fertility to boot.

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No-Tillers Ahead When It Comes To Adding Cover Crops To Their Rotation

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Data from a recent cover-crop survey offers solid evidence that no-tillers are ahead of many other farmers when it comes to recognizing the value of keeping their ground covered throughout the year.

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No-Tillers Are Well Ahead Of Tillage-Intensive Farmers When It Comes To Cashing In On The Numerous Benefits Of Adding Cover Crops To The Rotation

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2013

Data from a recent cover-crop survey offers solid evidence that no-tillers are ahead of many other farmers when it comes to recognizing the value of keeping their ground covered throughout the year.

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Three Super No-Till Projects

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health, Water Management

Forty years ago this month, I made my first visit to USDA’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed in Coshocton, Ohio. Established in 1935, this 1,047-acre facility had been built with depression-era labor from several government assistance programs.

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Three Super No-Till Projects

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2013

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Breaking Through The Wall

By John Dobberstein posted on June 19, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

Gridlock may be worse than ever among our elected leaders in Washington, but no-tillers may soon benefit from some unusual cooperation among USDA agencies and stakeholders in agriculture.

USDA Task Force Clearing Up Cover Crop Rules

June 4, 2013 | Posted in Cover Crops

A special USDA task force plans to issue “harmonized” cover-crop rules later this year to eliminate conflicts around crop-insurance policies and potentially remove a significant barrier to cover-crop adoption.

Emerging Use Of Drones May Change Face Of No-Tilling

Crop scouting, 3-D mapping, spot spraying and pathogen detection all could be performed by unmanned aerial vehicles to cut labor and input costs and improve decision making.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2013 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

In the not-so-distant future, farmers wanting to scout fields for diseases and pests, spot spray for weeds or obtain 3-D maps of their farm ground will be turning to tiny autonomous helicopters or planes to do the job.

Uncertainty Hangs Over 2013 US Spring Planting Weather

March 15, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: FarmPolicyFacts.org

It was the one thing that was on the mind of most everyone at the 2013 annual outlook conference of the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Drought Conditions In US Improving After Snow

March 5, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Source: Bloomberg

Conditions in the U.S., the biggest wheat exporter, are improving after snowstorms increased soil moisture following the worst drought since the 1930s Dust Bowl, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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