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Key Cover Crop Trends Among U.S. No-Tillers

Planting green, termination methods among biggest differences in CTIC, No-Till Farmer surveys
By Mackane Vogel posted on August 31, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops
A national survey about farmers’ cover crop practices reveals similar goals and opportunities with cover crops compared to No-Till Farmer’s annual Cover Crops Operational Practices Survey (CCOPS), but no-tillers have an advantage with their ability to plant green.
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5 Key Elements of Locus AG's CarbonNOW Program

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 28, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health
Locus AG recently hosted a digital demonstration, Get Confident in Carbon, with No-Till Farmer. Shane Head, director of customer success at Locus AG, and Mark Hill and Chris Lidgett, both directors of sales at the company, outlined details of the CarbonNOW program that pays farmers for sequestering carbon.
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On-Farm Trials Show Cover Crops, Planting Green Can Suppress Weeds

Glyphosate-resistant weeds are suppressed by planting green, cover crop implementation and termination timing adjustment, according to on-farm trials.
By Mackane Vogel posted on July 12, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health
Jim Stute, an independent research agronomist who has been studying cover crops for decades, conducted on-farm trials that suppressed glyphosate-resistant weeds by up to 95% by using cover crops and planting green.
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Organic No-Till Helps Ukrainian Farmer Manage Minimal Moisture

In part 2 of this edition of No-Till Passport, Ukrainian farmer Olexiy discusses organic no-till & the challenges of farming during wartime.
By Mackane Vogel posted on May 12, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Grain Drying, Handling, Storage
In the second installment of No-Till Farmer’s Ask the Operator webinar series, 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, welcomed Olexiy and Konstantin, two Ukrainian no-tillers, to discuss their no-till operations and the regenerative practices they’re experimenting with in Ukraine. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.
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