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:

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Jimmy Emmons Talks No-Till, Cover Crops & Water Holding Capacity

On this episode of John Kempf’s Regenerative Agriculture podcast, third-generation no-tiller and previous National No-Tillage Conference speaker Jimmy Emmons discusses the benefits of cover crops for water retention in the soil profile and how water holding capacity fits into the context of no-till, plus lots more.

Planting No-Till Soybeans Green Into Cereal Rye

In this video from Practical Farmers of Iowa, learn about the benefits of planting soybeans into a green cereal rye cover crop and how to do it successfully in a no-till system.

No-Tillers Deserve More Credit for Carbon Storage

While federal and local governments have taken credit for carbon storage on prairie farmlands, which has transformed into net carbon sinks, little or no credit is given where it is due — the early adopters of no-till.

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A Guide for Organic No-Till

New York Soil Health recently tweeted their guide for organic no-till farming and suggested that anyone looking to start doing organic no-till can get started by planting cereal rye in September.

No-Till Helps Peanut Farmer Combat Water Erosion

Colt Woody, the Peanut Efficiency Award (PEA) winner from the upper Southeast, who farms with his brother and fellow PEA winner Brandon Woody, in Aiken County, S.C., says that water erosion is a major issue on his farm, and no-till is a vital protection against that.

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