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Drought Responsible for Lake Erie's Massive 'Dead Zone'

January 8, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: Carnegie Institution for Science

A team of researchers led by Carnegie Institution for Science's Anna Michalak and Yuntao Zhou has shown that the widespread drought in 2012 was associated with Lake Erie's largest dead zone since the mid-1980s.

Frankly Speaking

Only 6 Inches of Rainfall

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 8, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

In South Central Washington, you'll find one of the driest wheat-growing regions in the entire world. Receiving only 6-8 inches of rain per year, many farmers in this area rely on no-till to conserve water, maximize yields and earn better profits.

Laura Allen, Associate Editor, No-Till Farmer

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Blockbuster Movie Points To Key Moment In Ag History

By Laura Barrera posted on November 19, 2014

While director Christopher Nolan’s newest film is primarily about inter-galaxy space travel, growers may find elements of the movie hit close to home.

Four Harvest Considerations For Variable Soybean Maturity

By Shawn Conley posted on September 15, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: The Soy Report

Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is 13% or less moisture adjacent to areas with green seed.

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Another State Sees No-Till As Tool To Handle Drought

By John Dobberstein posted on September 11, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

In case you haven’t heard, the list of states falling victim to drought conditions has expanded beyond the Southern Plains.

So What Will Dryland Farming Look Like?

By John Dobberstein posted on August 7, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

Earlier this summer, an article in The Hutchinson News in Kansas raised a very important question for farmers to consider.

Sell The Plows, Selling Out To No-Till

Texas growers Todd and Brian Vincent rely on a large self-propelled sprayer, residue layers and mellow, absorbent soils to raise productive no-till cotton and wheat.

By Jim Steiert posted on August 1, 2014 | Posted in Residue Management, Water Management

Nineteen years into no-till farming, Todd Vincent was convinced he would probably never plow again on his family’s 3,000-acre operation in the Texas High Plains, if it weren't for the howling winds accompanying a lingering drought.

Finding Your ‘ROI’ With Cover Crops In No-Till Systems

Cover-crop expert Dave Robison is working to generate some hard numbers to quantify the much-touted benefits of individual covers and cover-crop mixes on no-till operations.

By Martha Mintz posted on August 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Rattling off the list of cover crop benefits may require stopping for a breath of air or two to get it all out.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Finding The Silver Lining

By John Dobberstein posted on May 29, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

Even though no-till isn’t the norm in his area, Barry Evans has been faithfully notilling his wheat, grain sorghum and cotton crops near Kress, Texas, for 14 years.

Rotations, Double-Cropping Key Profitable No-Till Makeover

Oklahoma no-tiller Preston Simic is rejuvenating stagnant wheat ground by protecting it with residue, fixing fertility issues and diversifying crop rotations.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

For many farmers, the decision to adopt no-till practices often comes down to economics.

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