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August 2021: Conservation Tillage Guide
Volume: 50
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What I've Learned from No-TillingMoving From Fertile Farm Ground to Potentially Greener Pastures
Constricted by expensive Shenandoah Valley farmland, long-time no-tiller Anthony Beery relocated, and put his no-till know-how to work, tackling more marginal acres.Read More
25 Critical Questions to Ask Before Signing a Carbon Contract
With many unknowns and uncertainties in the carbon markets, make sure you fully understand every aspect of a proposed contract.Read More
Precision Irrigation and Grain Storage Boost Yields, ROI
Western Alabama’s Dee River Ranch sees positive return on its no-till investment with the adoption of technologically-advanced irrigation and grain storage systems.Read More
2nd Annual Cover Crop Benchmark StudyNo-Tillers Continuing Their Cover Crop Investment
Cover Crop Strategies’ exclusive benchmark study finds more growers dedicated to covers, reducing conventional tillage.Read More
How the Rhizophagy Cycle Could Boost No-Till Profits
Simply put, complex microbial processes in the soil do a more efficient, effective job providing nutrients to plants and can help no-tillers reduce inputs, says John Kempf.Read More
Planting Green, Roller-Crimping: Two Rookies Share Their First Experiences
Two Minnesota growers no-tilled soybeans into 2-foot-tall rye and terminated the cover crop with roller-crimping 2 weeks later.Read More
How No-Tillers Can Combat the Evolution of Herbicide Resistance
Growing metabolism-based resistance is the greatest problem no-tillers will face with weed control, but effective use of herbicides, using multiple modes of action, and controlling the weed seed bank at harvest can all help.Read More
8th Annual Strip-Till Operational Practices Benchmark StudyTargeted Tillage and Nutrient Placement Bring Younger Farmers to Strip-Till
With favorable weather across much of the U.S. in fall of 2019 and spring of 2020, strip-tillers returned to more fall berm-building routines and focused on targeted nutrient management.Read More
Strip-Till Innovator AwardsSeeding Strip-Till Sustainability Through Efficiency, Precision
Combining targeted nutrient management with precision technology and the power of living roots, strip-tiller Ben Pederson is implementing regenerative practices from the ground up.Read More
Positive Disruptors: New Tech for Defeating No-Till Pests
Insect, weed and fungal pests cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars every year. But new technologies and multiple modes of action are offering new hope to growers faced with increasing pesticide resistance.Read More -
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What I've Learned from No-TillingMoving From Fertile Farm Ground to Potentially Greener Pastures
Constricted by expensive Shenandoah Valley farmland, long-time no-tiller Anthony Beery relocated, and put his no-till know-how to work, tackling more marginal acres.Read More25 Critical Questions to Ask Before Signing a Carbon Contract
With many unknowns and uncertainties in the carbon markets, make sure you fully understand every aspect of a proposed contract.Read More - Digital Edition
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