Cover Crops

[Podcast] What No-Tillers Should Know about USDA’s Climate-Smart Data Collection

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Todd Janzen, ag attorney at Janzen Schroeder Ag Law explains what no-tillers need to know about the USDA’s data collection through these grants, potential legal liabilities for artificial intelligence in agriculture and more.
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Todd Janzen, ag attorney at Janzen Schroeder Ag Law explains what no-tillers need to know about the USDA’s data collection through these grants, potential legal liabilities for artificial intelligence in agriculture and more.

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Seeding & Planting

Wide-Row Corn Opens Up Opportunity for Soil Health Improvements, Additional Profits

Researchers emphasize importance of hybrid selection for success with wide rows in no-till
A life-long student of interdisciplinary corn production is what C. LeRoy Deichman calls himself. His long career led him to research plant physiology, genetics and pathology, and to invent a novel cropping system to increase crop productivity.
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What I've Learned From No-Tilling

Finding & Pushing No-Till Boundaries

Experiment with organic no-till leads to disappointing results but valuable insights about building on no-tillage
A strong sense of curiosity, a high pain threshold and a short memory have likely contributed a fair amount to navigating the failures and successes I’ve experienced experimenting with zero-till — and beyond — in my years of farming in Minto, MB.
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Conservation Ag Fellowship

Forward-Thinking Farming Leverages Relay Cropping, Technology

2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage reflects on a year of highs & lows
The future of Loran Steinlage's operation and the agriculture industry weighed on the No-Till Innovator throughout 2023. David Brandt, Steinlage’s mentor and close friend, died unexpectedly in May, leaving Steinlage with a mission to carry on Brandt’s vision to create a farmer-to-farmer learning center in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Cover Crops

Seeding a Cereal Rye Cover Crop Every Month of the Year

No-tiller’s informal trial of seeding a rye cover crop every month of the year teaches lessons about rye’s resilience
Wade Dooley has done plenty of official experiments with the Iowa Soybean Association, Practical Farmers of Iowa and other groups that conduct research and development in agriculture. But when the Marshall County, Iowa, grower decided to try seeding rye every single month, there was nothing official about it.
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No-Till, Cover Crops Could Help Combat Nutrient Runoff Due to Extreme Rainfall

Nutrient runoff from agricultural production is a significant source of water pollution in the U.S., and climate change that produces extreme weather events is likely to exacerbate the problem. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at how extreme rainfall impacts runoff and suggests possible mitigation strategies.
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[Podcast] What It Takes to Raise 102-Bushel No-Till Soybeans

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, technology editor Noah Newman talks to no-tiller Bryan Severs about the keys to his high-yielding no-till soybeans.
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, technology editor Noah Newman talks to no-tiller Bryan Severs about the keys to his high-yielding no-till soybeans.

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No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators

[Podcast] Our No-Till Soil is Our Strength with Nancy Kavazanjian

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators Podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, editor Frank Lessiter shares a recent episode of the Soil Sense Podcast, created by Farmers for Soil Health, featuring Nancy Kavazanjian.
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators Podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, editor Frank Lessiter shares a recent episode of the Soil Sense Podcast, created by Farmers for Soil Health, featuring Nancy Kavazanjian.
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No-Tiller's Cover-Cropped Acres 49 Degrees Cooler Than Bare Ground in High Heat

Management strategies, termination times & seed mixtures are all important aspects of a successful plan
It may have taken a “double-dog dare” for Oklahoma no-tiller Jimmy Emmons to try different crops and different cover crops in his rotation, but many of those experiments have paid big dividends in what Emmons calls “wow” moments.
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