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What Drives Your Conservation Decisions?

By John Dobberstein posted on June 12, 2014 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

Recently, I read an interesting take on how technology and economic criteria appear to be reshaping decisions farmers make about conservation efforts — in this case, shelterbelts installed in fields to prevent erosion.

It's Time To Stand Up

By John Dobberstein posted on May 15, 2014 | Posted in Water Management

When it comes to no-till adoption in the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest, new figures released this month from the 2012 Census of Agriculture paint a mixed picture.

U.S. No-Tilled Acres Reach 96 Million

By John Dobberstein posted on May 9, 2014

Nearly 25% of all cropland in the U.S. is no-tilled and 44% of acres see some type of conservation tillage, says the USDA's 2012 Census of Agriculture.

Avoiding Corn Yield Reductions From A Cereal Rye Cover Crop

April 28, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

Source: Iowa State University

Planting cereal rye as a cover crop provides numerous short- and long-term agronomic and environmental benefits.

Laura Allen, Associate Editor, No-Till Farmer

Safeguarding Profits And The Environment

By Laura Barrera posted on April 2, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

No-tillers in the Ohio River Basin may have an opportunity to put a few extra dollars in their pockets while helping protect the environment.

No-Tillers Receive ASA Conservation Legacy Awards

March 4, 2014

Source: American Soybean Association

Three no-till operations were awarded Conservation Legacy Awards from the American Soybean Association (ASA) for their respective regions at last week Commodity Classic in San Antonio.

Big Steps Toward Conservation

By John Dobberstein posted on February 19, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

After 2 years of political wrangling, U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama have approved a 5-year Farm Bill, also known as the Agricultural Act of 2014.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

It Isn’t Just Not Tilling: It’s The System

No-till innovator turned no-till advocate, researcher and farmer Don Lobb helped launch a conservation revolution north of the U.S. border and beyond.

By Don Lobb and Martha Mintz posted on September 1, 2013 | Posted in Residue Management

No-till is a whole lot more than planter modification.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

How's No-Till Doing Where You Are?

By John Dobberstein posted on August 14, 2013 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

We’ve always felt Indiana is a strong state for no-till adoption, which is evidenced by the strong readership we have there among farmers and the record crowd the National No-Tillage Conference drew in Indianapolis last year.

Iowa Farmer Tests New Conservation Practice

August 7, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Iowa State University, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture press release

Iowa farmer Seth Watkins is blazing the trail with a new conservation practice to reduce soil loss and improve water quality: seeding strips of native prairie into cropland on his farm.

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we get the scoop on the benefits of planting green with Jackson, Wis., no-tiller Ross Bishop.

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