Articles Tagged with ''soil health''

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - November 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

In this edition:

  • No-Tillage System: A genuine Brazilian technology that meets current global demands
  • Nature’s laws of declining soil productivity and Conservation Agriculture.
  • Soil carbon storage or sustainable conservation agriculture practices—Which should be our goal?

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[Podcast] In the Trenches: What Soil Health Expert Ray Weil Learned Visiting Ukraine Farmers

In the latest episode of the podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, editor John Dobberstein spoke with Ray Weil, an internationally renowned soil scientist at the University of Maryland and former speaker at the National No-Tillage Conference.
In the latest episode of the podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, editor John Dobberstein spoke with Ray Weil, an internationally renowned soil scientist at the University of Maryland and former speaker at the National No-Tillage Conference.
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International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - October 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

In this edition:

  • Can the global drone revolution make agriculture more sustainable? Rapid growth in drone use is upending expectations but also inducing trade-offs.
  • Tillage and residue management modulate the links between soil physical signatures and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomarkers.
  • Mapping the conceptual and intellectual structure of soil health research (1996–2021): a terms co-occurrence and co-cited reference network analysis.
  • Suggestions for promoting SOC storage within the carbon farming framework: Analyzing the INFOSOLO database.

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Conservation Ag Update

‘Slake Test’ Reveals Major Differences Between No-Till & Conventional Soils

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we head inside the Watershed Protection Committee of Racine County’s annual field day in Rochester, Wis., for a look at the latest takeaways from their no-till vs. conventional research plots.
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International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - September 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

In this edition:

  • Integrated soil health management influences soil properties: Insights from a U.S. Midwest study.
  • Furrow Irrigated Long-Term No-Till and Conventional-Till Soil Evaluation in the Mid-South USA.
  • Cross-Effect Between Cover Crops and Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Application on Microbiote Communities in Field Crops Soils.
  • Responses of soil reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen pools to straw mulching.

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