Regenerative agriculture

Planting Green Into Living Cover Crops Slashes Inputs

Boundless energy and savvy decision making guide the Morgan family’s green farming practices, reducing costs and labor and taming environmental stress.

By Julia Gerlach posted on September 4, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

The sign that hangs on the shop exterior says “Morgan Bros. Farm, est. 1976,” but as is often the case, that sign doesn’t tell the whole story.

Calculating the Value of Cover Crops

By Julia Gerlach posted on August 2, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Cover crops and other regenerative agriculture practices have been getting a massive amount of attention lately. There have been stories about them in major news outlets like Forbes and the New York Times and politicians have been working these concepts into their speeches and climate platforms, spreading the word about the benefits of keeping the soil covered with diverse living plants.

Global Collaborative Launches OpenTEAM to Address Soil Health and Mitigate Climate Change

August 1, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: FFAR

OpenTEAM will provide any farmer, anywhere with free access to site-specific data, providing quantitative feedback on millions of acres of farmland by 2024.

Indigo Ag Launches Initiative to Sequester 1 Trillion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

June 13, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: Indigo Agriculture

Featuring a quartet of incentives to implement regenerative farming practices, Indigo Agriculture has launched the Terraton Initiative to accelerate carbon sequestration on agricultural lands.

Soil Health Advocates Helping Farmers Fix Soil, Grow Profits

Soil health advocates Gabe Brown, Ray Archuleta and Russell Hedrick share their message of regenerative — and profitable — farming.

By Julia Gerlach posted on June 3, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

In April 2019, about 30 farmers, from around Wisconsin flocked to T&R Dairy in Watertown, Wis., for a 3-day Soil Health Academy ecological nutrient management seminar put on by Understanding Ag and hosted by no-tiller Tony Peirick.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Experience and Observation Sells Power of No-Till and Cover Crops

Once-skeptic farmer Dale Strickler now helps other growers implement successful cover crops plans in their operations.

By Dale Strickler and Martha Mintz posted on April 30, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

“Lazy man's farming,” is what my Dad called no-till. It was the 1980s, and in his mind both no-till and organic farming were dirty words. They were the two extreme ends of the farming spectrum.

General Mills to Advance Regenerative Ag Practices on 1 Million Acres by 2030

March 4, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: General Mills

General Mills announced it will advance regenerative agriculture practices on 1 million acres of farmland by 2030, partnering with organic and conventional farmers, suppliers and farm advisors in key growing regions to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices.

What Caught Your Eye in 2018?

These summaries show the most-viewed content for 2018 on the No-Till Farmer website, revealing the hunger no-tillers and strip-tillers have for more information and insights into cutting-edge agricultural practices and equipment.

By Julia Gerlach posted on January 1, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health

With the ringing in of the New Year, the editors of No-Till Farmer took the opportunity to look back on 2018 to see what content grabbed the attention of digital readers.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Make Sure Organic Trends Are On Your Radar

By John Dobberstein posted on March 8, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

While small grains prices lag in traditional markets, General Mills will be using many of the conservation tools you’re already using on your farm to convert 34,000 acres in South Dakota into a guaranteed market for organic wheat.

No-till on the Plains