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Erosion Sweeping Away Soil In Corn Belt States

April 15, 2011 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: By Craig Cox, Andrew Hug and Nils Bruzelius, Environmental Working Group
In a special report, the Environmental Working Group says that across wide swaths of Iowa and other Corn Belt states, the rich, dark soil that made this region the nation’s breadbasket is being swept away at rates many times higher than official estimates.
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Cashing In On No-Till

Custom seeding and direct payments are helping growers give new systems a try.
By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management
When it comes to serving a specific cropping niche, few folks work with one that’s any narrower than Dale Kopf. The Genesee, Idaho, custom seeder is offering strictly no-till seeding in the Pacific Northwest, where the system is also known as direct-seeding.
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The Fine Print On Vertical Tillage

No-tillers must look at residue anchoring, field leveling and seedbed preparation before selecting vertical-tillage implements.
By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2011 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Equipment
Judging from the number of articles and discussions threads on the Web about vertical tillage, it’s clear that no-tillers still have lots of questions about what the practice is.
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