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No-Till Highlights: April 23, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 23, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Pig Manure & No-Till — A Match Made in Heaven?
Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
Built in the Shop, Proven in the Field — Planter Preparations
Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal – May 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 4, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Strip-Till Farming

In this edition:

Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Nitrogen Oxide N₂O Emissions and Crop Yield in Global Cereal Cropping Systems
Monitoring the Spatial Distribution of Cover Crops and Tillage Practices Using Machine Learning and Environmental Drivers across Eastern South Dakota
Potential Long-Term, Global Effects of Enhancing the Domestic Terrestrial Carbon Sink in the United States through No-Till and Cover Cropping
Global Synthesis of Cover Crop Impacts on Main Crop Yield
Development and Testing of a Precision Hoeing System for Re-compacted Ridge Tillage in Maize

Webinar Replay

How Microbes Enable Successful and Profitable No-Tilling [Webinar]

March 11, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Holganix President of Agriculture, Dr. David Stark, explores the critical impact of tillage on soil biology and its direct influence on farm profitability.

Frankly Speaking

No-Till Leads the Way in Long-Term Trials

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 14, 2024

Recently, the University of Missouri released data on a 34-year tillage study for corn and a 23-year study regarding tillage systems for soybeans that definitely show the many benefits of no-tilling.

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No-Till Highlights: Feb. 2, 2023

February 2, 2023

No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Totally Tubular.

NASS Survey: Farmers Adopt No-Till, Conservation Practices When Confident in Success

By Brian O'Connor posted on November 1, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting, Water Management

The NASS and the Natural Resources Conservation Service surveyed about 34,000 producers between May and September 2022. Of that number, about 84% said they had implemented conservation tillage practices, the second-highest reported conservation practice.

4 Years of Tillage Research Supports Reduced Tillage

November 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Strip-Till Farming, Water Management

Source: University of Minnesota

A wide range equipment options are available that till the soil at different depths and aggressiveness levels. New research from the University of Minnesota, North Dakota State University, and the Minnesota and North Dakota Corn and Soybean commodity groups show how these tools impact soil warming and drying and may ultimately affect crop yield.

The Limitations of Removing Crop Residue from Fields

January 24, 2018 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Residue Management, Soil Health

Source: Sterling (Colo.) Journal-Advocate

The removal of crop residue can address some challenges with reduced-tillage systems, but doing so should be weighed against the potential impact on soil productivity, environmental consequences and food availability, says an Extension agent from Colorado.