Cover Crop Grazing 101: Get Your Plan Together
Understanding livestock and soil health goals, crop rotation and soil types can help no-tillers make grazing cover crops a more profitable venture.
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Reaching Beyond Equipment, Irrigation for No-Till Success
Cover crops, pollinator strips and compost are among the tools Kelly Kettner uses to improve organic matter and stretch irrigation resources on his 5,000-acre operation in the Texas Panhandle.
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Case Closed: Soil Tests Confirm No-Till Success
Better equipment, residue-producing crops and plenty of persistence have keyed Steve Hoffman’s no-till transition in the Texas Panhandle.
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Tips and Tools for Managing Those ‘Bulletproof’ Weeds
With herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth and kochia marching across the Plains, growers must focus on rotating chemistries, slowing down their spray rig and mixing products properly, experts say.
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Tighter Canopies, More Stubble Help Dairy’s No-Till Transition
New Mexico grower Zachary Cordel and farm manager Nick Pipkin say grain crops are proving to be good soil holders, while reduced tillage and manure applications are building organic matter.
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Translating a Garden Lesson to Profitable No-Tilling
The benefits of no-till residue are helping Lamesa, Texas, farmer Jeremy Brown realize more consistent yields as he converts more of his farm from irrigation to dryland management.
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No-Tilling Helps Texas Farm Expand Rotation, Move On from Cotton
Despite blow-prone sandy soils and weather extremes, Marion, Joy, Matt and Pam Snell are proving no-tilling can work in dryland farming on the Texas Southern High Plains.
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Father-Son Team Fostering No-Till in Texas High Plains
Through hosting no-till field days, and adopting the practice on their own farm, R.N. and Ronnie Hopper are trying to raise awareness of the benefits of no-till on the Southern High Plains of Texas.
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