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Soil Scientists Using the Solvita IRTH

Woods End Introduces Solvita IRTH

IRTH offers easy, automated monitoring of microbial respiration.
June 6, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health
The soil science community now has a new instrument available in their carbon toolbox: a sophisticated yet simple way to measure biological carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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Illinois Incentivizes Planting Fall Cover Crops in 2020 Budget

Crop Insurance Reward Pilot Program promotes cover crops as an in-field management practice.
June 3, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
Source: American Farmland Trust press release
The Illinois Department of Agriculture will adopt and implement a crop insurance reward program for cover crops that American Farmland Trust and a coalition of agriculture, environmental and conservation organizations developed.
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Soil Health Advocates Helping Farmers Fix Soil, Grow Profits

Soil health advocates Gabe Brown, Ray Archuleta and Russell Hedrick share their message of regenerative — and profitable — farming.
By Julia Gerlach posted on June 3, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
In April 2019, about 30 farmers, from around Wisconsin flocked to T&R Dairy in Watertown, Wis., for a 3-day Soil Health Academy ecological nutrient management seminar put on by Understanding Ag and hosted by no-tiller Tony Peirick.
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Small Start, Big Success with No-Tilling

A minor victory in a small field grew to major success farmwide for Bob Kissel, as no-till practices have reduced erosion and improved soil tilth and nutrient cycling on his central Indiana operation.
By John Dobberstein posted on May 30, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management
Bob Kissel remembers the moment he decided to start no-tilling his crops: it was 30 years ago as he was custom harvesting a 20-acre field intensively farmed with soybeans and worked with plows every year.
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Experiments with ‘Extreme Biomass’ Provide Soil and Water Protections

Pennsylvania no-tiller Jim Hershey shares his thoughts on maximizing cover crop benefits by interseeding and delaying termination.
By Laura Barrera posted on May 28, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
Lancaster County, located about 90 minutes west of Philadelphia, is the largest livestock-producing county in Pennsylvania. It’s also the county with the most impaired streams, making it a major contributor of pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.
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No-Till Creates Path to Success for Young Wisconsin Brothers

Tough lessons about farm management lead brothers Andy and Anthony Beck to no-till. Improved profits and healthier soils turned them into dedicated practitioners.
By Julia Gerlach posted on May 25, 2019 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
For many farmers, it can take years to make the transition from traditional tillage to no-till practices, often starting with a small field and adding acres each year.
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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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