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No-Tillers Should Rethink Dedicating Prime Farmland to Feed Crops

By Ralph C. Martin posted on December 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

It is becoming increasingly evident that we endanger our capacity to feed the world by over-assigning feed crops to prime farmland. The priority for this heritage is to grow crops for human edible food, while maintaining or improving soil health and overall ecological integrity.

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Another Reason To Choose No-Till

By John Dobberstein posted on October 2, 2013 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

If you had any reason to doubt that agriculture will be fingered for the environmental problems affecting major U.S. waterways, those doubts should have been removed last month.

Federal Judge Orders EPA To Assess Fertilizer Runoff

September 26, 2013 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Environmental advocates in states along the Mississippi River have won a round toward a long-term goal of having federal standards created to regulate farmland runoff and other pollution blamed for the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, and problems in other bodies of water.

Technology Lets Crops Take Nitrogen From The Air

July 27, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: The University of Nottingham

A new technology developed by The University of Nottingham that enables all of the worlds crops to take nitrogen from the air.

Water Control Structure Benefits Farmers and Environment

September 28, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

A new field drainage technology could help reduce runoff from farm fields and reduce the risk of harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie and other Ohio lakes.

Merits Of Clean Water Act Debated

October 22, 2009 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Quincy Herald Whig

A report that says the Clean Water Act has failed to reduce pollution in the nation's rivers and streams is being questioned by some no-tillers who say water quality is much better than it was 20 to 40 years ago.

Tillage, Drought Blamed For Sydney Dust Storm

September 24, 2009 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Source: The Epoch Times

Traditional farming practices are partly to blame for Sydney’s extraordinary dust storm, one of the biggest in the nation’s history, say environmental scientists.

Use No-Till To Beat Government Crackdown On Dust Concerns

California officials are looking to no-tilling to maintain yields while eliminating huge amounts of dust that can hurt human health. Will you be ready if the government regulates dust from cropping practices?

By Mark Moore posted on January 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Perhaps you haven’T thought about the amount of dust you generate in a given day. But lawmakers have, and that’s why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a hard look at the amount of dust generated on farms and how this dust affects both air quality and human health.

Worms And Tile Lines Combine To Create Runoff Problems

Although still beneficial to no-tilled fields, earthworms create burrows that funnel contaminants through tile lines to waterways.

By Ron Perszewski posted on February 1, 2006 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

To avoid contamination of nearby waterways, no-tillers should not apply liquid manure to their fields when a tile line is flowing, according to a USDA researcher.

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Win Air Wars With No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2002 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Requiring fewer trips across the field and using much less horsepower, no-till may be among the easiest way for farmers to meet the new federal fine-particle air standards.

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