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Lessons Learned from a Soil Pit at Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance Field Day

By Noah Newman posted on August 8, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Seeding & Planting

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we head inside the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance's 20th anniversary field day in Elizabethown, Pa.

Video of the Week: Marion Calmer Celebrates Wedding

By Noah Newman posted on July 26, 2025

Congratulations to Marion and Charla Calmer, who tied the knot earlier this month. The Calmers exchanged nuptials on their “Calmer Waters” boat in Alpha, Ill. Looks like it was a fun ceremony! Cheers to Marion and Charla on their pre-harvest honeymoon. Looking forward to seeing Marion at the No-Till Conference in January.

No-Till Windfall: Cashing in on 45Z

By Noah Newman posted on July 25, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management

The recently passed Big Beautiful Bill officially locked in the 45Z tax credit through 2029. 45Z incentivizes the production of clean fuel and could result in a windfall for no-tillers producing low-carbon corn.

John Bradley Shares Key to Increasing No-Till Acreage

By Noah Newman posted on July 23, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Special treat now, we’re catching up with No-Till Legend John Bradley. The longtime Univ. of Tennessee agronomist was instrumental in the development of no-till in the south in the 1970s and 80s. Bradley credits much of the success to the local farmers who stepped up to the plate as champions for the practice.

National Cover Crop Variety Testing Program

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 21, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops

As part of a $10 million effort funded by the USDA, the first National Cover Crop Variety Test Report is being released publicly. The project is led by the University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture and includes data for 25 varieties representing six different cover crop species.

Minnesota No-Tiller Showcases Custom-Built Interseeder

By Noah Newman posted on July 20, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health

Next up, we’re headed to Wood Lake, Minn., where no-tiller David Stelter tries to keep all his acres covered year-round. To help make it happen, he built a piece of equipment to interseed corn at V6.

Reeder: More No-Till & Cover Crops will Eliminate Dust Storms

By Noah Newman posted on July 19, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Just a few months ago, Chicago issued its first-ever dust storm warning after thunderstorms swept up loose soil from farm country and hurled it into the atmosphere. Dust storms typically don’t get tons of national media coverage, but a new dataset shows there were 232 deaths from windblown dust events from 2007-2017.

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No-Till Innovator: ‘Zero Dust Storms’ with No-Till & Cover Crops

By Noah Newman posted on July 18, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Seeding & Planting

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Ohio State Univ. retired ag engineer and No-Till Innovator Randall Reeder discusses the true cost of erosion, and why no-till and cover crops would help cut down on dust storms.

Video of the Week: Visiting the World’s Longest No-Till Plots

By Noah Newman posted on July 12, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Glover Triplett and Dave Van Doren seeded the first no-till plots in Wooster, Ohio in 1962. They’re still going strong 60-plus years later. In our Video of the Week, Warren Dick, who managed the plots for nearly 40 years during his time at Ohio State, reflects on the early days of the project.

The Fertilizer Institute’s NuGIS 2.0 Compiles Nutrient Use Data in U.S.

By Noah Newman posted on July 8, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Nutrient Management

The Fertilizer Institute is launching NuGIS 2.0. It’s the Nutrient Use Geographic Information System, which integrates multiple data sets to create county-level estimates of nutrients applied and removed. Kathy Mathers with the Fertilizer Institute shares how this project is helping farmers across the U.S.

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No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.

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