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-Till November: What No-Till Means to These Growers
- What Lies Beneath a No-Tiller’s Soil?
- Will Consumers Pay a Premium for No-Till?
- No-Tiller Seeking Advice on Air Seeder
- Uruguay No-Tiller Pleads Case Against Glyphosate Ban
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No-Till November: What No-Till Means to These Growers
In this video from the USDA, hear from Jerry Peery and Jonathan Reynolds of Springhill Farms in Clinton, Ky., about why they first started no-tilling and why they’ve never stopped. Plus, Joel Reddick of Reddick farms in Bardwell, Ky., chimes in on his no-till journey as well.
What Lies Beneath a No-Tiller’s Soil?
Scientist Pablo Sobron is searching for tools to help farmers understand what lies beneath the soil’s surface without all the digging. Normally focused on outer space explorations, Sobron recently asked the question “Are there any other places on Earth that we have not explored?”
Pablo Sobron is just one scientist searching for tools to help farmers understand what lies beneath the soil’s surface without all the digging. Photo by: Oleh Malshakov / GETTY IMAGES
Will Consumers Pay a Premium for No-Till?
In this episode of The Business of Agriculture Podcast, Dylan Vaca, a brand manager with DeLong Company (creators of the ‘Grown Climate Smart’ incentive program featured recently in an episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast), and Wisconsin farmer Randy Hughes join Damian Mason to discuss the challenge of fetching a premium for environmentally conscious practice such as no-till and cover crops.
No-Tiller Seeking Advice on Air Seeder
In a recent post to the John Deere Single Disk No-Till Drills And Air-Seeders Facebook group, one no-tiller asked for advice about cover crop air seeders and whether others have had success with similar models, especially when using smaller seed varieties. Check out the replies or leave your own advice here.
Uruguay No-Tiller Pleads Case Against Glyphosate Ban
According to this no-tiller in Uruguay, banning glyphosate would reverse decades of progress that the country has made thanks to no-till farming. Read about why he thinks banning glyphosate would be a huge mistake and would make no-tilling in Uruguay much more difficult if not impossible.
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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.
