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Soil Health: The Next Big Step in Agriculture

Farmers must adopt conservation agricultural practices to begin building the environment for healthier soil microbes.
By Mark Watson posted on December 9, 2015 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
As you look back through agriculture there have been some real turning points. Agriculture saw the first real leap into production agriculture in our country with the Industrial Age, when mechanized agriculture really changed the face of our country. Larger and larger farms were created as it became possible to produce crops on many more acres.
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No-Till Adoption Growing

By John Dobberstein posted on December 9, 2015 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Residue Management
The no-till movement seems to be going strong across South Dakota. That’s the conclusion, at least, of this year’s South Dakota Cropping Systems Inventory, which is a statistical ‘snapshot in time’ for the types of cropping systems farmers are using in the state.
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Writing Is On the Wall

By John Dobberstein posted on November 25, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management
The latest round of taxpayer funds aimed at the declining Ogallala Aquifer shows why no-tilling, cover crops, precision irrigation and prescription grazing will be extremely important tools for farmers in the years ahead.
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Case Closed: Soil Tests Confirm No-Till Success

Better equipment, residue-producing crops and plenty of persistence have keyed Steve Hoffman’s no-till transition in the Texas Panhandle.
By Jim Steiert posted on November 25, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health
Organic-matter readings from soil tests pretty much sum up the success Steve Hoffman has seen converting his farm in the Texas Panhandle to no-till practices.
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