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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.

Investment in Future of No-Till, Regenerative Ag Practices Gaining Momentum

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 28, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Having worked in the conservation ag sector for 25+ years, director of Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), Ryan Heiniger, says that he has seen a lot of different types of cover crop/regenerative ag incentive and cost-share programs fail and succeed. But he feels that the current momentum around incentivizing conservation ag is bigger than it has ever been.

Survey: Cover Crops Make No-Till Easier for Most Farmers

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 26, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

70% of growers said that cover crops made the transition to no-till easier, according to the Conservation Technology Innovation Center's 2023 National Cover Crop Survey.

Stop Treating Your Soil Like Dirt

By Julia Gerlach posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

It’s imperative that soil be protected and conserved as much as possible because the simple fact is that we no longer have the luxury of leaving our degraded soils in the dust as we go in search of new ground. We must take care of the soil if we have any hope that it will continue to provide for us.

CTIC Partners with Program to Increase Cover Crops on Corn, Soybean Acres

August 7, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Farm Progress

The Conservation Technology Information Center is partnering with Farmers for Soil Health (FSH), a new program devoted to increasing the usage of cover crops on corn and soybean acres.

Conservation Technology Information Center Inducts Frank Lessiter Into Hall of Fame

July 21, 2023

The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) inducted editor, publisher and conservation agriculture advocate Frank Lessiter into its CTIC Hall of Fame during the 16th Annual CTIC Conservation in Action Tour July 11, 2023, in Frankenmuth, Mich.

No-Tillers: Share Cover Crop Insights in National Survey

A national survey was launched to collect information from farmers who plant and don't plant cover crops.

March 2, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: CTIC

A national survey launched to gather insight from farmers who plant cover crops, as well as farmers who don't.

Frank Comments

From 3.3 To 96.4 Million Acres

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2014

It’s interesting to look back at the dramatic increase we’ve seen in no-tilled acres since No-Till Farmer was launched in 1972.

No-Till Advances Conservation Efforts

November 29, 2012

Source: By Frank Lessiter, Editor

In looking at all of the major developments in American agriculture over the past 75 years, no-till has to be ranked close to the top.

Booklet Details Biotech's Role In Sustainability

May 30, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Keeping agriculture environmentally sustainable while improving productivity is a growing challenge, and a new report shows that agricultural biotechnology is a key tool in overcoming it.

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Why You Should Only No-Till 10 Acres the First Day of #Plant25

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, planter expert Clay Scott gives no-tillers 5 action items to tackle before taking the field this spring. The Precision Planting field support specialist also explains why he tells farmers to plant no more than 10 acres on the first day of planting season.

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