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Can We Talk About Climate Change? Here is What We Agree On

By Clay Pope posted on November 24, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops

As someone who has now clocked over thirty years of working with farmers and ranchers (and agriculture organizations) on multiple natural resource issues and policies, I can tell you from my experience that people’s opinions on climate change seem to break down roughly into one of four categories.

National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2020 Edition

Integrating Livestock with a Cover Crop System

A Kansas grower and livestock producer shares how using graze cropping with livestock has helped accelerated soil health benefits during the online National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2020 Edition.

October 23, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops

Adding livestock to a cover crop system is considered the last step in bringing cover crops full circle in an operation. One Kansas grower and livestock producer shares insights from 35-plus years of no-till, 23 years of cover cropping and using livestock to increase his soil’s health and productivity while significantly reducing input costs.

Crop Residue Affects Soil Life Between Growing Seasons

June 17, 2020 | Posted in Residue Management

Source: American Society of Agronomy

After harvest in the fall, farmers take the harvested crops to market or store them on their farm. They don't take the whole plant from the field, though. The leftover parts of the plant, like the stalk and leaves from corn, remain in the field. This debris is called crop residue. Read more in this article from Phys.org and the American Society of Agronomy.

Today’s Recap: Brad Karlen, No-Tiller, Reliance, SD

April 8, 2020

Karlen grows peas, lentils, corn, soybeans, winter wheat and spring wheat. Karlen says he saw what was happening in China back in January and February and has tried to plan ahead to alleviate his concerns for his crops.

Do We Still Only Have 60 Harvests Left?

By John Dobberstein posted on March 25, 2020

With the passing of National Ag Day last week, we celebrate what’s been done to improve the sustainability of farming operations, but look ahead to what we must do to preserve and protect food security for future generations.

Getting Non-Farming Landowners On-Board with No-Till and Cover Crops

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

When it comes to adopting no-till and cover crops, data from a recent Iowa State University survey shows significant differences between owned and rented cropland.

No, No, No... ‘He Chisel Plowed My 30-Year No-Tilled Ground’

It may take 6 years to return this long-term no-tilled ground to the superior soil quality it enjoyed before this tillage fiasco took place.

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 7, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health

In November of 2017, a long-time Corn Belt no-tiller came upon a shocking scene: One of his no-till fields was being chisel plowed by a misinformed tractor driver, working for a multi-thousand acre operator who thought the field was among some of his newly rented ground.

No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators

[Podcast] Compaction and Controlled Traffic with Randall Reeder

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Randall Reeder, who has done years of research on ridge till, strip till, no-till and conventional tillage through his work at the Hoytville Research Station in northwest Ohio.

By Julia Gerlach posted on October 31, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Randall Reeder, who has done years of research on ridge-till, strip-till no-till and conventional tillage through his work at the Hoytville Research Station in northwest Ohio.

Minimal Tillage, Cover Crops Work Together to Improve Soil Health and Hold Nutrients

Using no-till and strip-till along with cover crops can set your soils up for improved water infiltration and soil biological activity while maximizing nutrient resources.

October 10, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

Facing challenges is a daily occurrence for farmers, but each day, the challenge looks different.

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?

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Can We Talk About Climate Change? Here is What We Agree On

Integrating Livestock with a Cover Crop System

Crop Residue Affects Soil Life Between Growing Seasons

Today’s Recap: Brad Karlen, No-Tiller, Reliance, SD

Do We Still Only Have 60 Harvests Left?

Getting Non-Farming Landowners On-Board with No-Till and Cover Crops

No, No, No... ‘He Chisel Plowed My 30-Year No-Tilled Ground’

[Podcast] Compaction and Controlled Traffic with Randall Reeder

Minimal Tillage, Cover Crops Work Together to Improve Soil Health and Hold Nutrients

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

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