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[Podcast] Crop Cooperative Agronomist Betsy Bower

Today’s episode of the No-Till Innovators and Influencers, brought to you by Terrasym, is a rebroadcast of a 2020 conversation agronomist Betsy Bower had with No-Till Farmer’s Executive Editor Julia Gerlach. In it, Bower discusses leveraging technology to improve yields, the potential for biological farming improvements, cover crops, and more.
By Brian O'Connor posted on February 3, 2022 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
Today’s episode of the No-Till Innovators and Influencers, brought to you by Terrasym, is a rebroadcast of a 2020 conversation agronomist Betsy Bower had with No-Till Farmer’s Executive Editor Julia Gerlach. In it, Bower discusses leveraging technology to improve yields, the potential for biological farming improvements, cover crops, and more.
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Women Landowners Arm for Conservation Push

Growing number of women landowners seek role in land operational decisions, helped by federally funded outreach programs.
By Brian O'Connor posted on February 3, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Ruth Rabinowitz had a problem.
The long-time professional wedding photographer inherited hundreds of acres of fertile farmland in Iowa and South Dakota from her deceased father, David Rabinowitz, a Great Depression-era doctor, who invested heavily in Iowa farmland between 1978 and the mid 1990s.


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[Podcast] Adapting No-Till In the Palouse With Russ Zenner

Frank Lessiter talks with Russ Zenner about the early days of no-till in the Palouse, Shepherd’s Grain and the pandemic, and growing garbanzo beans for homemade hummus.
By Brian O'Connor posted on January 21, 2022 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Terrasym, Frank Lessiter talks with Russ Zenner about the early days of no-till in the Palouse, Shepherd’s Grain and the pandemic, and growing garbanzo beans for homemade hummus.


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