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18th Annual Conservation in Action Tour Features Unique Planting-Season Farm Tours on the Great Plains

Early bird registration now open for Sioux Falls, S.D., event on May 6-7

February 8, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) has opened registration for its 18th annual Conservation in Action Tour, a two-day celebration that includes behind-the-scenes ag industry stops and farm tours showcasing exceptional conservation agriculture, May 6-7, 2025, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Soil Life Does Tillage for Longtime No-Tiller

By Noah Newman posted on February 4, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Congratulations to Tuscola County, Mich., farmer Tom Hess who recently celebrated his 40-year no-till anniversary. Hess started no-tilling in 1984 to solve his erosion problems and never looked back. His big focus now is feeding the livestock in the ground because that soil life does all his tillage, he says. I paid a visit to Tom’s farm in early May for a look at one of his long-term no-till fields.

Virtual Fencing Simplifies No-Tiller’s Integration of Livestock

Solar-powered collars allow farmers to create virtual paddocks, monitor cattle & minimize labor requirements

By Maclaren Krueger posted on February 21, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

No-tiller and fifth-generation farmer Monte Bottens re-introduced cattle to his 2,500-acre operation in 2017 after seeing veteran no-tiller Gabe Brown’s National No-Tillage Conference presentation.

No-Tillers Should Rethink Dedicating Prime Farmland to Feed Crops

By Ralph C. Martin posted on December 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

It is becoming increasingly evident that we endanger our capacity to feed the world by over-assigning feed crops to prime farmland. The priority for this heritage is to grow crops for human edible food, while maintaining or improving soil health and overall ecological integrity.

Digging Into the Principles of Regenerative Ag

By Dan Crummett, Angela Lovell, Martha Mintz, and Loretta Sorensen | Posted in Nutrient Management, Residue Management, Soil Health

Based on the principles of building healthy soil, regenerative ag aims to not only sustain farm productivity but to actually work with nature to regenerate the soil, increase biodiversity and enhance the farming ecosystem.

South Dakota Soil Story: ‘Learning Soil Health’ with Dennis Hoyle

February 12, 2019

Source: USDA NRCS South Dakota

Roscoe, S.D., no-tiller Dennis Hoyle talks about his efforts to raise soil organic matter levels on his cow/calf operation, which sells grass-fed beef. Dennis notes where he has livestock grazing soil organic matter is 5% or more, while his grain-only farms are at 3-3.5%.

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Cover Crops, Strip-Till Spark Desert Soil Revival

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we pay a visit to Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle’s farm in Coolidge, Ariz., for an up-close look at how he’s transforming his soils with cover crops and diverse rotations.

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