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No-Till, Cover Crops and Wheat Pull Farm Out of a Yield Rut

Yields had stalled for Dick and Chris Nissen until no-till, tiling, cover crops and wheat helped them manage water issues and improve their soils.
Our farm hit a plateau in the 1990s. Yields were flat and we just weren’t making the gains we thought we should be. It’s not that we sought out no-till as the magic solution; we just knew we had to try something different, as conventional tillage wasn’t cutting it.
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Bringing on the Bees

Leedey, Okla., no-tiller Jimmy Emmons is using pollinator strips to attract beneficial insects and predatory insects to protect his grain sorghum.
Leedey, Okla., no-tiller Jimmy Emmons is using pollinator strips to attract beneficial insects and predatory insects to protect his grain sorghum.
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