Liz Haney. Russell Hedrick. Jerry Hatfield. Roy Pfaltzgraff. Lance Gunderson. David Kleinschmidt. Dan Luepkes. Sarah Martello. Talk about a cavalcade of All-Stars. With heavy hitters like those on the program, we knew this year’s Big Soil Health Event was once again going to be a can’t-miss event.

Kansas State University researchers received a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation to develop sensors that can more accurately detect nutrients, chemical compounds, soil microbiomes and greenhouse gases in soil.

With Palmer amaranth becoming more herbicide-resistant, producers are pushing to find new ways to control it, such as using a rye cover crop to suppress it.

Jon Stevens says his corn had front row seats on the struggle bus because Mother Nature just wasn’t cooperating. But the Rock Creek, Minn., no-tiller made some last-minute adjustments to get his corn back on trackAnd as he explains in our Video of the Week, those adjustments likely saved his crop.

Pillars of No-Till Innovator’s system include patterned tile, cutting-edge planter attachments, spoon-fed nitrogen, thermal imagery and diverse cover crop mixes.