No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:
- No-Tiller Uses Direct-to-Consumer Ag to Add Margin, Diversify Farm Income
- Consider Economics of Adopting No-Till, Other Conservation Practices
- How We Did It Docuseries: Yetter Manufacturing
- No-Till’s Roots in African Wisdom
- Experts: Iowa Topsoil May Only Have 60 Years Left
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No-Tiller Uses Direct-to-Consumer Ag to Add Margin, Diversify Farm Income
In this episode of the Business of Agriculture podcast, Arion, Iowa, no-tiller Kelly Garrett discusses the motivation behind creating GLC Beef, his direct-to-consumer beef brand, and the opportunities for increasing profit margins by becoming vertically integrated.
Consider Economics of Adopting No-Till, Other Conservation Practices
Osage, Iowa, farmer Dean Sponheim took his first step into conservation practices in 1999 when he started strip-tilling. His decision wasn’t based on environmental reasons — it was driven by ROI. In this article from AgWeb, Sponheim describes the economics and other benefits of no-till, strip-cropping, cover cropping and other conservation practices he’s adopted since then.
How We Did It Docuseries: Yetter Manufacturing
Farm Innovation’s How We Did It Docuseries puts the spotlight on Yetter Manufacturing, our 2022 No-Till Innovator in the business and service category. The late Pat Whalen, Yetter’s CEO, talks about how the company, started during the Great Depression, has survived and thrived for decades.
No-Till’s Roots in African Wisdom
In this TEDxBoston Talk, Leah Penniman, co-executive director and farm director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, N.Y., talks about how many sustainable farming practices like no-till have roots in African wisdom and how we can use Afro-Indigenous wisdom to make the food system more equitable.
Experts: Iowa Topsoil May Only Have 60 Years Left
Iowa’s prized topsoil may only have 60 years left if traditional tillage practices continue, experts tell WQAD News 8 in Iowa. Yet another reason to stop the tillage and save the soil!
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