See the impact that cover crops and a no-till cropping system had on watersheds after high winds and heavy rains rolled through the Great Plains. The difference in the amounts of run-off water is astounding.

A recent study by North Dakota State University researchers helps farmers determine strategy for growing winter rye as preceding cover crop for dry bean.

Andrew Rees started to question the grassland management at Moor Farm, Haverfordwest, where he farms with his wife, Vicky, and mother, Jean, three years ago. Since then, he has cut nitrogen use by more than 60% and planted herbal leys or cover crops across a fifth of the farm. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.

Jannie Keet shows off a mino early tillage radish that's as big as him! The South African farmer seeded it in the middle of spring with a no-till planter. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.

Besides building healthy soil, living roots are the tool to fix marginal lands. Salt-affected soils are an example of a hard-to-fix marginal land situation in South Dakota. There are annual and perennial plants that can tolerate more soil salts

The seed mixture options for full and late-season grazing could include cool-season cereals (oats, barley, triticale), warm-season grasses (sorghum-sudan, sudangrass, pearl millet), brassicas (turnips, radishes, kale), broadleaf plants (sunflowers, buckwheat) and legumes (forage peas, clovers, vetch).