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5 Ways to Keep the “Billion-Dollar Bug” from Stealing Corn Yields

By Noah Newman posted on May 14, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

“When you approach the rootworm as just a problem that has to be solved, you’re not taking into account the animal’s biology,” Ann Marie Journey says. “You’re hitting it just at certain points or with certain methods or controls, and you’re not allowing yourself in effect to have a conversation to gain insight back from the rootworms about what it is that makes them successful in any given place."

[Video] How Rye Termination Timing Affects Weed Control

By Noah Newman posted on May 8, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Daniel H. Smith, nutrient and pest management program manager for the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, checks in from the Lancaster Agricultural Research station with details on a 6-year study.

Covering All Bases with the National Strip-Tillage Conference

By Noah Newman posted on March 21, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Strip-Till Farming

Spring has arrived and there’s plenty to be excited about as always: Opening Day (go Guardians), March Madness (sadly, none of my teams made the tournament), planting season (I can’t wait to visit some of your farms this spring) and the release of the 12^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference program.

How Minnesota Farmers Increased Residue Coverage by 28% in 4 Years

March 13, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Tracking the use of practices like reduced tillage and cover crops that promote healthy soil is challenging but critical to gauge progress towards regional and state goals. Farmers are reducing tillage and increasing soil cover. We see more residue cover on the field, nearly doubling from 36% in 2016 to 64%.

SRPF Spotlights Regenerative Farming

March 13, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: IWantTheNews.com

The Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers recently gathered with fellow farmers, supporters and community members for their annual meeting to share ideas, discuss current research and hear from guest speaker Rick Clark, a regenerative farmer from Indiana.

Here’s What I Saw While Walking 21,234 Steps at National Farm Machinery Show…

By Noah Newman posted on February 15, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

From a water gun fight in the hallway to a friendly stranger saying, “Hey, you’re the no-till guy!” you never know what you’re going to see at the country’s largest indoor farm trade show.

No-Tillers Sharing Lessons Learned at Upcoming Soil Management Summit

January 16, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

The 20th annual Soil Management Summit will take place Jan. 29-30 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minn.

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Farming is Changing: Are You in the Driver’s Seat?

Farmers can address many of the “reasons to change” their operation by parking the plow & adopting a conservation agriculture system with no-till & cover crops

By Randall Reeder posted on October 29, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Has your farm operation changed in the last 50 years? If you are young, ask an older relative or neighbor.

Cereal Rye 101: Fall Seeding Tips

October 3, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Kansas State Extension

Fall-seeded cereal rye can be established successfully following the application of most herbicides used in corn production, but success is influenced by herbicide rate and environmental conditions that follow the herbicide application.

Survey: Regenerative Ag Must 'Pay Dividends' on Yields & Livelihoods to Increase Adoption

By Jennifer Marston posted on October 3, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: Ag Funder News

Research firm Kynetec independently conducted the 2024 Farmer Voice Survey, which polled 2,000 farmers across Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Ukraine and the United States.

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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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