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Rotations or No-Till Most Critical?

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 29, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health

When growers and educators talk about soil health, it’s usually about combining the benefits of no-till, crop rotations and cover crops.

Can Carbon Sequestration Really Help Fight Climate Change?

April 17, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Yale Environment 360

Markets are emerging to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices. But flows of greenhouse gases into and out of soil are complex, and some scientists are questioning whether these efforts will actually help slow global warming, according to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

‘Getting Paid’ for Your No-Till Soil Health

Indigo Ag, Nori pushing programs to pay farmers for the carbon they sequester, as a switch to the open market looms.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 26, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

While it may not be an immediate windfall, no-tillers who’ve been doing the right thing to protect and enrich their soils may finally have a chance to cash in on that beyond the money they’ve already saved in fuel, machinery and labor.

No, No, No... ‘He Chisel Plowed My 30-Year No-Tilled Ground’

It may take 6 years to return this long-term no-tilled ground to the superior soil quality it enjoyed before this tillage fiasco took place.

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 7, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health

In November of 2017, a long-time Corn Belt no-tiller came upon a shocking scene: One of his no-till fields was being chisel plowed by a misinformed tractor driver, working for a multi-thousand acre operator who thought the field was among some of his newly rented ground.

Alabama Farmer Looks to Cash in on Carbon Storage

December 2, 2019

Source: al.com

Aliceville farmer Annie Dee, who runs the Dee River Ranch in Pickens County, is one of a growing number of farmers who are signed up to get paid to sequester carbon in the soil using regenerative farm techniques.

No-Tillers at the Heart of the Regenerative Ag Movement

By Julia Gerlach posted on October 25, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

General Mills, Dannon, Land O’ Lakes, Syngenta, Corteva, Wrangler, PepsiCo, The Nature Conservancy. What do they all have in common? These companies and organizations — among others — are working to advance the role of agriculture in addressing the demands of health-conscious consumers while also helping to combat the effects of climate change while improving food security issues across the globe.

Soil Scientists Determine How Abandoned Arable Land Recovers

October 23, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: RUDN University

Soil scientists from RUDN University found the rate of accumulation of organic carbon in wild, cultivated and abandoned soils depends mainly on the type and composition of the soil and the time elapsed since it was no longer cultivated.

Soil Age, Mineral Composition Determines Whether Carbon is Stored or Released

October 22, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Phys.org

Land use changes, nutrient depletion, and drought can make plant roots grow deeper into the soil. But scientists question how that growth affects carbon in the soil.

Corteva Agriscience to Create Challenge Grants to Advance Climate Positive Agriculture

October 17, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Corteva

New program will reward efforts that offset carbon emissions and protect the environment while sustaining farms and farmers.

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.

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