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Lessons for No-Till Soil Saving From a Strip-Tiller

June 9, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Strip-Till Farming

Matt Grosshans, a Hamilton County, Neb., farmer, knows reduced tillage, cover crops and crop rotations were vital to maintaining his soil.

Conservation Agriculture is a Tool, Not a Goal

December 14, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Farmers are 21st-century innovators who apply amazing technologies to the challenges of our moment. A member of the Global Farmer Network, French farmer Sarah Singla says "We do all of this because we’re resilient — and know that our job as farmers is to keep producing food, even in the harshest of circumstances."

No-Tilling Tobacco Saves the Soil, Preserves Yields

Conservation groups and the tobacco industry take no-till demos to Kentucky farms to showcase better profitability, erosion control.

By Dan Crummett posted on October 15, 2018 | Posted in Residue Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

The 2004 Tobacco Buyout changed the face of the leaf industry in the U.S. forever, drastically reducing the number of small farms with widely spread “quota” plantings and giving rise to several concentrated areas of significantly larger-scale tobacco fields.

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Even Though They’re Among Ag’s Latest ‘Buzz Words,’ Cover Crops Offer a Soil-Building Strategy that No-Tillers Have Cashed in on for Several Decades

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 28, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Residue Management

While less than 2% of America’s cropland is seeded to cover crops, a remarkable 77% of no-tillers enjoy the many benefits offered by protecting the soil over the winter months.

Tips for Better Management of Cereal Rye in Corn, Soybeans

Termination timing, planting depth, seed-to-soil contact and armyworm control are important considerations in making rye the most useful tool for no-till systems.

By John Dobberstein posted on September 16, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Seeding & Planting

Termination timing, planting depth, seed-to-soil contact and armyworm control are important considerations in making rye the most useful tool for no-till systems.

Recovering Soil Health with Cover Crops

August 16, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Rich Collins, of Collins Farm in Dixon, Calif., discusses his use of cover crops in restoring soil health and his participation in the California Farm Demonstration Network.

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How Seeding Cover Crops Can Slash Your Fertilizer Bills

| Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

Download our eGuide, “How Seeding Cover Crops Can Slash Your Fertilizer Bills,” and learn how to reap all the benefits of a cover-crop system, protect your soil and increase farm profits!

Decade of No-Till, Manure Slows Erosion, Boosts Soil Biology

With nearly 10 years of no-tilling under his belt, Wayne Brunsman is focused on using cover crops to take soil health and crop production on his Iowa farm to the next level.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 11, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Water Management

Some no-tillers ease into continuous no-till and transition their whole farm to the new system over a few years.

Clover, Cereal Rye Enhance No-Tiller’s 3-Year Rotation

Iowa no-tiller Joe Kriegel uses cereal rye and frost-seeded red clover in a rotation with corn and soybeans to reduce erosion, improve soil fertility and rescue heavily tilled fields.

By John Dobberstein posted on February 12, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Sometimes Joe Kriegel cringes when he drives past farms in his county and sees erodible hilltops that have been worked.

Use Grass Waterways and Tiling to Prevent Erosion, Improve Water Infiltration

January 15, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Source: South Dakota State University Extension

Many growers have taken out their grassed waterways after tiling their fields, but South Dakota State University Extension says this doesn't prevent all soil erosion.

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