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Reddick Farms Goes All in on No-Till and Cover Crops in Kentucky

Father-son duo takes leap of faith after eye-opening experience at National No-Tillage Conference.
By Noah Newman posted on August 30, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
No-till is nothing new for the Reddick family. Brad Reddick remembers growing up on the 1,800-acre farm in Bardwell, Ky., watching his father no-till the rolling grounds and conventionally till the creek bottom grounds over 50 years ago.
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What Is Soil Health And How Can We Improve It?

February 24, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: By Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University Extension Outreach
The term soil health is used interchangeably with soil quality, but in this article I prefer the use of soil health because it is a more appropriate term in defining soil functions as a living and dynamic natural system. Soil health is a condition, or status, of the soil at a certain place and in a specific environment as compared to a certain reference or benchmark condition.
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No-Till Soybean Fields Give Birds Foothold In Illinois

February 3, 2014 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
Source: By Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor, University of Illinois
Researchers report in a new study that several bird species some of them relatively rare are making extensive use of soybean fields in Illinois. The team found significantly more birds and a greater diversity of bird species nesting, roosting and feeding in no-till soybean fields than in tilled fields.
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No-Till Could Save $458 Million

May 1, 2001 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
With interest growing in having the government clean up the environment through carbon sequestration and other means, it's a good time to look at a successful 6-year continuous no-till program that's working well in Virginia.
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