Glyphosate has been under fire due to thousands of non-ag lawsuits being filed against Bayer, who inherited many of these concerns when they purchased Monsanto in 2018. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently taken steps to crack down on the use of atrazine.
Planting green, a practice in which farmers plant cash crop seeds directly into a live cover crop, is an increasingly popular practice amongst no-tillers, according to the 13th Annual No-Till Operational Benchmark Survey.
While average cropping acres for no-tillers is a useful benchmark to compare year to year, as usual, the “devil is in the detail” when it comes to truly understanding the typical no-till operation.
While 2020 will be remembered for its many dramas — including a global pandemic, civil unrest, a historic derecho, uncertainties in the commodities markets and a highly contested presidential election — no-tillers actually seem to have fared relatively well.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, a big piece of equipment is unveiled at the Kinze Product Innovation Day in Williamsburg, Iowa.
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