Carbon sequestration

Soil Pore Structure May be Key to Carbon Storage

August 1, 2019 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

Scientists have traditionally believed soil aggregates — clusters of soil particles — were the principal locations for stable carbon storage. Recent research from Michigan State University, however, shows that most stable carbon appears to be the result of microbes producing organic compounds that are then adsorbed onto soil mineral particles.

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.

What No-Till is All About

The resulting crop residue with no-till has a major impact on soil quality, productivity and the environment.

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 22, 2019 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

In the more than 45 years that I’ve been covering no-till, I’ve never seen anything that sums up the many merits of no-till as well as the chart shown here. It’s an excellent resource for showing rural and city folks alike what no-till is all about and the impact crop residue can have on improving yields, the environment and food security.

Public Comment Sought for New Agricultural Standard to Improve Soil Health

April 5, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Soil Carbon Initiative

The Soil Carbon Initiative has developed an outcome-based, verifiable standard designed to improve soil health and build soil carbon by encouraging the shift to regenerative agricultural practices. The Public Comment period is now open to ensure that the standard is acceptable and attractive to stakeholders to accelerate broad adoption.

[Video] One-on-One with New NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr: Part 4

By Mike Lessiter posted on March 19, 2019 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

No-Till Farmer's Mike Lessiter met in Washington, D.C. on March 12th with the new NRCS Chief, Matthew Lohr. In part 4 of this video, Lohr highlights some of the benefits the NRCS district offices can offer farmers as well as the effects no-till farming has on managing carbon sequestration.

Getting Die-Hard Conventional-Tillage Growers to Make the Switch to No-Till Likely Means Guaranteeing Them as Much as $40 per Acre in Extra Income

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 28, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

As a veteran farm magazine editor told me years ago, no-tillers have such a good thing going economically, why do they get so discouraged when neighbors refuse to switch to less tillage?

Data Shows Switch to No-Till Would Require $40 per Acre Incentive

February 19, 2019

As a veteran farm magazine editor told me years ago, no-tillers have such a good thing going economically, why do they get so discouraged when neighbors refuse to switch to less tillage?

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The New $867 Billion Farm Bill Includes Benefits for No-Tilling, Strip-Tilling, Terminating Cover Crops, Improving Soil Health and Sequestering More Carbon

January 6, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection

While much has been written on the economic aspects of the 2018 Farm Bill, the legislation included a number of items of special interest to no-tillers. Probably the most important one is new language specifically defining the rules for cover crop termination.

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Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 14, 2018 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health

While there’s increasing emphasis on “sustainable agriculture” and “soil health,” these four buzzwords tend to ruffle the feathers of veteran no-tillers and others like myself who have followed the no-till movement for nearly a half century. It’s because we recognize that earlier generations of no-tillers were the original true innovators behind these “not-so-new” concepts that go back to the 1960s.

From the Desk of Frank Lessiter

Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 14, 2018

While there’s increasing emphasis on “sustainable agriculture” and “soil health,” these four buzzwords tend to ruffle the feathers of veteran no-tillers and others like myself who have followed the no-till movement for nearly a half century. It’s because we recognize that earlier generations of no-tillers were the original true innovators behind these “not-so-new” concepts that go back to the 1960s.

Articles Tagged with ''carbon sequestration''

Soil Pore Structure May be Key to Carbon Storage

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

What No-Till is All About

Public Comment Sought for New Agricultural Standard to Improve Soil Health

[Video] One-on-One with New NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr: Part 4

Getting Die-Hard Conventional-Tillage Growers to Make the Switch to No-Till Likely Means Guaranteeing Them as Much as $40 per Acre in Extra Income

Data Shows Switch to No-Till Would Require $40 per Acre Incentive

The New $867 Billion Farm Bill Includes Benefits for No-Tilling, Strip-Tilling, Terminating Cover Crops, Improving Soil Health and Sequestering More Carbon

Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them

Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them

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