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Fitting the Cover Crop to the Farm & Making Money Doing It

By Mackane Vogel posted on February 11, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

Last week I told you all about our upcoming National Cover Crop Summit and promised to showcase lots more great topics and speakers so without further ado, here is Gary Zimmer, another one of our speakers, to preview his presentation about fitting the cover crop to the farm and how to make money doing it.

How Would You Keep No-Tilling if Glyphosate Was Banned?

By Noah Newman posted on February 10, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection

Some lively conversation is going on in the No-Till Farmer Email Discussion Group this week. We asked — What have you done to reduce glyphosate dependence on your farm, and how would you keep no-tilling if glyphosate was banned?

No-Tiller Highlights Planter & Sprayer Tech at ATSG Clinic

By Noah Newman posted on February 9, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

2025 Most Valuable Dealer Ag Technology Solutions Group hosted a clinic at CEO Skip Klinefelter’s farm in Nokomis, Ill. Precision Planting region manager Josh Stoller delivered a presentation about new planter and sprayer technologies that are giving him a winning-edge in his no-till and strip-till operation.

Leopold Conservation Award Recipients Share Breakthroughs

By Noah Newman posted on February 8, 2025

How about a little road trip to get us started? Leopold Conservation Award recipients from across the U.S. shared some of the unique things they’re doing on their farms.

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Award-Winning No-Tillers Talk Cover Crops, Fertilizer Bars & Grazing

By Noah Newman posted on February 7, 2025

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, 4 Leopold Conservation Award recipients — Russell Hedrick, Richard Lyons, Colleen Kershaw and Wendy Mariko Johnson highlight some of the unique conservation practices on their farms.

Photos of the Week: Nature’s Plow vs. Man’s Plow

By Noah Newman posted on February 6, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

17% of no-tillers used drones in 2023 according to the 2024 No-Till Farmer Benchmark Report. As drone expert Jason Sorensen tells us, there’s several reasons why drones are becoming increasingly popular in the precision ag world.

Ahead of the Curve: Drones Deliver Versatility

By Noah Newman posted on February 5, 2025 | Posted in Equipment

Soil Life Does Tillage for Longtime No-Tiller

By Noah Newman posted on February 4, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Congratulations to Tuscola County, Mich., farmer Tom Hess who recently celebrated his 40-year no-till anniversary. Hess started no-tilling in 1984 to solve his erosion problems and never looked back. His big focus now is feeding the livestock in the ground because that soil life does all his tillage, he says. I paid a visit to Tom’s farm in early May for a look at one of his long-term no-till fields.

Using Cover Crops as a Forage

By Mackane Vogel posted on February 3, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

The 2025 National Cover Crop Summit is right around the corner. The fully digital event takes place from March 18-20 and is completely free for all attendees who would like to register. The Summit will feature 6 outstanding presentations from 7 excellent speakers.

Overcoming ‘Fear of Being Different’ with Cover Crops

By Noah Newman posted on February 2, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Friend of the program, Tony Peirick has been planting soybeans and corn green into cereal rye for about a decade now on his Watertown, Wis., farm. Tony has some words advice for those who are nervous about using cover crops.

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