Davie Stephens of Wingo, Ky., talks about how no-till has prevented erosion and built soil tilth and health over the past few decades. Stephens' father started no-till in the late 1970s, and after Stephens joined him in 1988, they went to 100% no-till in the early 1990s. Stephens also explains how no-till drove them to adopting cover crops so they could continue building soil health and preventing soil erosion.
Willis Jepson of Orlinda, Tenn., shares the benefits his family’s farm has achieved from more than 20 years of no-tilling corn, soybeans and wheat on their rolling landscape, including higher organic matter levels and a difference in soil tilth.
SoilCalculator's updated web interface provides quicker results than in the past. And, report outputs quantify the economics of lost production due to erosion under different management alternatives.
What happens when living organisms die? They decompose. The basics of the life cycle are well known to most people. In the terrestrial carbon cycle, plants use photosynthesis to harvest energy from the sun and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, storing them as carbon-rich materials in their tissues.
Along the shores of Lake Ontario, Eric Kaiser and his son Max no-till approximately 1,000 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat on soils that have 58% clay content.
As this year's drought remains on the minds of agriculture, two articles weighed in on no-till adoption and the potential of the practice to buffer farms from dry conditions.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, growers from across the U.S. share their predictions for the upcoming planting season, including one no-tiller who’s “bullish” about a great spring.
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