Variable-rate seeding and fertilizer application, and keeping fields covered, is enhancing South Dakota grower Todd Yackley’s successes with no-tilling.
Without the use of precision ag tools, Todd Yackley believes he’d be far less successful no-tilling 40,000 acres near Gettysburg in central South Dakota.
Chadron, Neb., no-till Larry Pahl is going at his own pace as he builds a diverse no-till system that is boosting soil organic matter and improving crop yields.
Chadron, Neb., no-till Larry Pahl is going at his own pace as he builds a diverse no-till system that is boosting soil organic matter and improving crop yields.
Chamberlain, S.D., grower Steve Reimer finds that no-tilling, mixes of cover crops and conservation-minded grazing is maximizing moisture retention and boosting soil organic matter.
Chamberlain, S.D., grower Steve Reimer finds that no-tilling, mixes of cover crops and conservation-minded grazing is maximizing moisture retention and boosting soil organic matter.
Little is known about the organic compounds plants use for nutrient uptake and defense, but farmers can make these chemicals work for them by establishing a diverse no-till system.
No-till practices don’t just save labor, fuel and machinery costs, but benefit the mysterious biological world beneath the soil surface that can have a big impact on plant health and yields.
Like many farmers, Matt and Glenn Kathol turned to no-till to manage the workload on their family farm. But their switch to no-till in 2001 also made it possible for Kathol to farm full time with his father, Glenn.
Highly erodible soils shaped into gently rolling hills seemed to Nate Ronsiek like the perfect place to implement the no-till farming practices he learned as a student at Kansas State University. Ronsiek started developing his no-till plan in 2005 when he began taking over the family farm outside Hawarden in northwest Iowa.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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