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One Country Slipping Behind In No-Till

December 29, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Voxy.co.nz

New Zealand is slipping further behind in conservation agriculture predicts a world authority on no-tillage.

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No-Tillage Is Number One

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2012

When it comes to ranking the most important developments in American agriculture over the past 75 years, a panel of conservationists recently placed no-till right at the top of the list.

National No-Tillage Conference Ready To Power Up Farmers' No-Till Success

October 4, 2012

21st annual gathering of innovative no-tillers in Indianapolis offers valuable management tips from more than 40 speakers over 4 information-packed days in January 2013

California Researchers Hit Record No-Till Yields

December 26, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: University of California

University of California scientists have for the first time achieved the same yields in cotton and tomato research plots managed under conservation tillage strategies as they did on adjacent plots using conventional tillage practices.

Gabe Brown To Give Keynote Talk At Upcoming National No-Tillage Conference

By Darrell Bruggink posted on December 21, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

If you've never been to the National No-Tillage Conference and you'd like an idea of what it's all about, read our lead article today on Bismarck, N.D., no-tiller Gabe Brown.

Kentucky Grower: No-Till Is A Paradigm Change

April 5, 2011 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: NRCS grower profiles

Hardin County Kentucky farmer Bob Wade Jr. has always been a good conservation steward of the land. He says, “my dad was conservation minded and he passed those values on to me.”

Keeton Seed Firmer Voted By No-Tillers As 2010 Product Of The Year

January 15, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

For the second consecutive year, the readers of No-Till Farmer (www.No-TillFarmer.com) have voted the Keeton Seed Firmer the best product in their operations, making the no-till attachment the “2010 No-Till Product Of The Year.”

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Fixing Flaws Of No-Till In Infancy Led To Opener

To establish consistent seed germination, New Zealand’s John Baker learned that protecting soil humidity when planting was a critical need with no-till opener designs.

By Ron Ross and Dr. C. John Baker posted on June 1, 2008

Some 41 years ago, when a few colleagues and I began what would become a three-decade scientific effort at New Zealand’s Massey University, we did not set out to invent a new no-tillage system.

NNTC Brings Couple Together

November 1, 2007

Sandy Cox, a software trainer from Missouri, spotted Denny Roth, a no-tiller from Indiana, during a break in the meetings at the 1999 National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis. She complimented his cowboy hat; he asked her to dance. It was the beginning of the rest of their lives — together.

Check The Winners!

A number of National No-Tillage Conference attendees took home more than just new no-tilling ideas.

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2006

Besides taking home plenty of new ideas from the 4-day, in-depth program and networking with fellow attendees in St. Louis, Mo., 19 farmers went home with extremely valuable products free from the 14th annual National No-Tillage Conference.

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