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Are You in Love With the Residue?

August 7, 2017 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health, Water Management
Source: Ada Soil and Water Conservation District
Younger members of the Peterson family that runs Peterson Farm Bros. near Assaria, Kan., shares their love for no-till residue and soil health in this parody of Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Shape of You.” The family raises 1,400 acres of corn, alfalfa and forage sorghum as food for beef cattle and wheat, milo and soybeans for cash crops.
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Building a Sustainable Hybrid No-Till, Strip-Till System

From interseeding cover crops to strip-till to adopting precision technology,the Grubbs family is improving their soils and increasing crop yields.
By Laura Barrera posted on July 29, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health
Gerard Grubb admits that one of the reasons he became interested in no-till was because he simply didn’t want to plow. “I’m a lazy man farmer,” he says. “I can’t stand plowing.”
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[Podcast] The Shoulders on Which We Stand ... The Living Legends of No-Till History

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we hear directly from Frank Lessiter, long-time editor of No-Till Farmer, who has covered no-tillage for 45 years.
By Frank Lessiter and Mike Lessiter posted on July 27, 2017 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we hear directly from Frank Lessiter, long-time editor of No-Till Farmer, who has covered no-tillage for 45 years.
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Grazing Management Strategy: Combating Drought, Increasing Long-Term Economic Profit

July 27, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: South Dakota State University Extension
With grasslands in the U.S. threatened by overgrazing, increasingly frequent and severe drought and land-use change, South Dakota State University Extension discusses grazing management practices to improve maintenance of forage productivity and increase maximum long-term economic profit compared to other agricultural production options.
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