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Building a Soil Health Community with No-Till

Farmers give advice on implementing soil health-building practices

By Janelle Atyeo posted on October 13, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Derek Woodke, a Morris, Minn., no-tiller advises farmers interested in trying conservation tillage practices to find a mentor and experiment.

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How Far Do We Go?

If an agricultural company bowed to pressure and demanded you produce “pollution-free food,” how would you handle it?

By John Dobberstein posted on August 10, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

If an agricultural company bowed to pressure and demanded you produce “pollution-free food,” how would you handle it?

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Turning to No-Till and Cover Crops

By John Dobberstein posted on August 21, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

A group of stakeholders believes increased adoption of no-till and cover crops could reduce sedimentation problems in a Kansas watershed and help a nuclear power plant operate more efficiently.

Adjusting Future Nitrogen Management Using Annual 'Nitrogen Checkup'

June 5, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network

Have you ever wondered why school students are routinely given a series of year-end tests when it may already be too late to help them master the material?

No-Till, Covers May Hold Key To Easing Nutrient-Loading Issues

The success of no-till, cover crops and nutrient stewardship in Indiana’s Eagle Creek Watershed could serve as a blueprint for preserving farmland productivity without sacrificing water quality.

By Mark Parker posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Farmers are increasingly faced with a daunting task: increasing crop yields for a growing world population while trying to minimize the impact of their management decisions on fragile watersheds.

USDA's Coshocton Lab Officially Closing

Media reports discuss the loss of a facility that has been crucial to no-till research since the 1960s.

January 24, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio)

After 75 years of conducting research, the USDA North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Research Center in Coshocton County, Ohio, is closing.

Iowa Farmer Takes Steps To Reduce Nitrates In Water

October 8, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Water Management

Source: By Jennifer Carrico, High Plains Journal

Through the past 50 years of farming, Webster City, Iowa, farmer Arlo Van Diest has tried many different pieces of equipment and many different practices. His goal is to leave the land better for future generations.

New Coalition Focuses On Better Nutrient Management

September 8, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Source: By John Dobberstein, Managing Editor

Beginning this fall, a coalition of stakeholders in agriculture will ramp up their promotion of responsible nutrient-management practices including no-till, cover crops and precision technology on farms in several endangered Illinois watersheds.

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No-Till Not Phosphorus Culprit

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2011

As increased levels of dissolved phosphorus are identified as a major concern dealing with the increased algal blooms found in Lake Erie, some folks have been pointing a finger at no-till as the cause. Yet the facts regarding phosphorus runoff in the Western Lake Erie Basin watershed near Toledo, Ohio, don't back up that argument.

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No-Till Not Phosphorus Culprit

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2011 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

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