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-Tilling Wheat Into Soybean Residue
- No-Tillers Share On-Farm No-Till Benefits
- No-Till Legend Marion Calmer Reveals Yield Results from Soil Stratification Study
- 51st Anniversary of Brazil’s No-Till Birthday
- UK Grower Tries Out John Deere No-Till Drill
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No-Tilling Wheat Into Soybean Residue
This video from No-Till Legend Phil Needham highlights the key aspects when no-tilling wheat into soybean residue, including residue management at harvest and uniform emergence. The same field shown in the video also won the Kentucky 2023 Wheat Yield Contest.
No-Tillers Share On-Farm No-Till Benefits
In this video, Iowa farmers Lee Tesdell, Dave Struthers and Paul Lengeling talk about how no-till has helped them decrease erosion and maintain a precious resource for generations to come, among other benefits.
No-Till Legend Marion Calmer Reveals Yield Results from Soil Stratification Study
Marion Calmer, an independent researcher and founder of Calmer Corn Heads, discusses yield results from his soil stratification study on the Calmer Farms in 2023. Calmer talks about why he thinks he’s seeing a big difference in the plots where the nutrients were down in the root zone.
51st Anniversary of Brazil’s No-Till Birthday
In this No-Till History article, read about what Herbert Bartz put on the line to introduce no-till to Brazil 51 years ago this week when he planted the country’s first commercial no-till plot. Brazil would go on to widely adopt no-till, expanding the practice to 106.2 million acres as of 2019, which is the second-largest no-till acreage in the world.
Photo by: The Legacy of Herbert Bartz: the No-Tillage Pioneer
UK Grower Tries Out John Deere No-Till Drill
In this video, watch as this grower from the United Kingdom talks about his no-till trial and the impending potential issue of slugs on his farm this fall.
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Bioactive™️ by Purple Cow Organics is a group of liquid products focused on improving soil biology. These include broad-spectrum biologicals that preserve and deliver diverse beneficial microbes. Our products stimulate growth and improve plant vigor and nutrient uptake to increase your yield and help your margins. Focusing on soil health can improve tolerance against drought, salt, heat, and stress. All biology in Bioactive™️ products is naturally occurring with no synthetic or lab-grown additives.
