Rankin Powell, University of Kentucky alumnus and retired extension agent from the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, is honored with the Shirley H. Phillips No-Till Award for his lifelong devotion to promoting no-till practices.
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The general narrative of climate change is that when it comes to the weather, there is no normal anymore. Well, if that is the case, 2023 is playing right to script. This definitely has been the summer of weather surprises.
A new study published recently in the journal NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science suggests that heat waves and temperature spikes (and along with them the damage they can cause to wheat crops) are becoming more normal in the central part of the U.S.
In No-Till Farmer’s June Ask the Operator webinar, 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, leads a panel discussion about the cost of erosion to farmers and society, and what the no-till community can do to educate other farmers and the public about soil-saving practices like no-till and cover crops.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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