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Preliminary Results From Our 5th Annual No-Till Benchmark Study

By John Dobberstein posted on April 3, 2013

The numbers are in for No-Till Farmer’s 5th annual No-Till Benchmark Study, and editors here have uncovered some interesting findings while crunching the numbers.

Patience Necessary When Transitioning To Conservation Tillage

By John Dobberstein posted on March 6, 2013

While traveling to the Iowa OnFarm Network Conference last month I found two more testimonials to the benefits of conservation tillage, and the need to show some patience in the transition period.

So God Created A Farmer

By John Dobberstein posted on February 6, 2013

There were lots of things I expected to see during last Sunday’s Super Bowl, including hyped-to-the-max pop culture. But I also heard something meaningful that pertained to farming.

New Concepts For Deep-Furrow Drills May Boost Dryland Conservation

Research in the Pacific Northwest finds new packer wheels, coulters, spider wheels and wider row spacings could help wheat farmers embrace conservation tillage without sacrificing yields.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2013 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

New technology and setups are emerging that could solve decades-old problems with deep-furrow drills and encourage more no-till on millions of dryland acres in the Pacific Northwest.

Connecting Conservation Compliance To Crop Insurance

By John Dobberstein posted on December 19, 2012

It’s probably no surprise, but most no-tillers we polled recently think farmers asking for federal crop insurance should show they’re being environmentally responsible.

Variable-Rate Planting A Game-Changer?

By John Dobberstein posted on December 5, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

With seed costs going up all the time and pressure to increase yields mounting every year, are you looking for something that could be a game-changer on your farm this spring?

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For Growers Who Faced A Serious 2012 Drought Situation, No-Till Chalked Up Favorable Results In Comparison With More Intensive Tillage Systems

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2012

With the drought having a major impact on yields and profits in many areas this year, farmers who no-till likely banked more dollars than neighbors using more intensive tillage practices.

Drought Continues Across Corn Belt

By John Dobberstein posted on October 17, 2012 | Posted in Water Management

Even though temperatures have cooled and rainfall has eased drought conditions in some parts of the Corn Belt, worries about drought conditions remain elsewhere.

USDA Changes Crop Insurance Rules For Cover Crop Harvesting

September 11, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: USAgNet

For farmers wanting to insure a grain crop in 2013, certain rules applied to the treatment of cover crops for emergency forage this summer.

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Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Rules Anger Farmers

September 1, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

More salvos are being fired in Maryland as efforts to clean up nutrient loading in the Chesapeake Bay region move forward.

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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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