Soil Health

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No-Till Lays Foundation for Consistent Crops, Rain or Shine

Financial challenges pushed Mike Belan’s family into conservation practices, but the Ontario no-tiller is focusing on improving soil health to propel the farm forward.
High interest rates were the push my dad and uncle needed to make the switch to no-till on our farm. They had long raised wheat, corn and soybeans on our generally flat Brookston clay fields that sit just 30 miles north and south, respectively of Lake Erie and Lake Huron.
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John Dobberstein
From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Eroded Soils Hurt Your Pocketbook

Don McClure’s presentation at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference last month put some good perspective on what’s at stake with yields when soils become eroded.
Don McClure’s presentation at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference last month put some good perspective on what’s at stake with yields when soils become eroded.
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Black Earth

[Webinar] Getting to Know the Trillions of Friends Underfoot: Focus on Soil Life

In this free webinar sponsored by Black Earth, makers of high-quality humic products, NRCS West Regional Soil Health Team Leader Jennifer Moore-Kucera gives you a thorough look at the vast array of living organisms in your farm soils and explain how a thriving soil biology can help improve crop production.

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