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30 Years of No-Till Keeps Farm Financially Stable

Economic turmoil of the 1980s changed operation to 100% no-till, reducing labor, saving soil & enabling crop diversity

By Dan Crummett posted on February 21, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

When Rick Jeans and his dad, Don, began experimenting with no-till in the late 1980s, they were setting in motion a management scheme that would allow Jeans to continue farming about 3,000 acres of cropland in Tonkawa, Okla.

Dryland No-Tiller Earns Bin Buster Award at 2023 National Sorghum Yield Contest

By Jason Jenkins posted on January 10, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Progressive Farmer

Chris Santini from Stewartsville, N.J., secured the National Sorghum Producers’ 2023 National Sorghum Yield Contest’s highest yield at 221.75 bushels per acre. Entered into the dryland no-till East division, she surpassed her husband Santino “Sam” in the dryland tillage East division who achieved 221.06 bushels per acre.

Native Grasses Provide Forage, Moisture Retention in Southwest

Native grasses provide vital benefits to the Southwest desert ecosystem, high-quality forage for livestock and effective mitigation tools for addressing natural resources concerns.

November 28, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Both warm- and cool season native grasses provide benefits that are vital to the Southwest desert ecosystems such as lowering soil surface temperature, reducing soil erosion, decreasing soil compaction and improving water infiltration.

No-Tillers Find Success with Diverse Crop Rotations

Efficiency and input reduction lead Brian and Jamie Johnson to continually try new ideas on their 1,700-acre operation that includes more than a half-dozen crops.

By Katie Pratt posted on October 22, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Brian and Jamie Johnson’s farm may look different than their neighbors, but they are OK with that. The Johnsons’ quest for efficiency and input reduction on their Frankfort, S.D., operation drives them to try new and different things.
“You cannot just sit and maintain and expect to last in this industry,” says Brian. “You must think outside the box and try something new every once in a while.”

Cashing in with Cover Forages Between No-Till Wheat Crops

Oklahoma no-tiller squeezes in a profitable late-summer, early-fall grazing period on cover crops he sows immediately behind his combine. The practice adds $100-150 per acre in cattle gains.

By Dan Crummett posted on May 2, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Northwestern Oklahoma no-tiller Jimmy Emmons quit plowing 10 years ago to begin rebuilding his soils and says by adding diverse cover crop mixes to his operation over the same period he’s cut his farm’s overall purchased fertilizer use by 85%.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Collaborating with No-Till Pros Takes Farm from Bleak to Booming

Matt and Janna Splitter connected with long-time no-tillers Margaret and Lee Scheufler for guidance. What they got was so much more.

By Martha Mintz posted on February 23, 2022 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Water Management

It started with one simple question asked to no-tiller Lee Scheufler at a winter meeting: “Why do you plant soybeans with an airseeder on 7½-inch rows?” A farmer icebreaker if there ever was one.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Intercropping, Cover Crops Yield More Residue, Fewer Inputs & More Income

On the dry, wind-swept Colorado plains, more residue above and roots below are critical to John Heermann’s no-till system.

By Martha Mintz posted on January 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

SOIL HEALTH DRIVES nearly every farm management decision I make these days. It’s why I use a stripper header, diversify my rotation, use cover crops and am ramping up intercropping. It even determines what gifts I send to my landlords on the holidays (books on soil health)

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.

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