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Corn, Perennial Cover Produce Big Yields

July 25, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops

Using standard agronomic practices and managing a perennial cover crop between rows of corn can keep soil, nutrients and carbon in the fields, a three-year study says.

Soil Test Leads To Cover Crop Dabbling

A Missouri no-tiller’s quest to ward off a developing compaction layer could help many other growers take advantage of cover-crop benefits.

By Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Some dig deep to identify the yield robbers on their farms. Jules Willott only had to dig 3 inches.

Rye Cover Crops Great Natural Weed Killers

October 17, 2009 | Posted in Cover Crops

John Teasdale is trying to answer a question that might seem obvious: Why does rye work as a cover crop? Rye suppresses weeds without herbicides, making it a common cover crop on organic farms.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

You Can’t Make Mistakes With No-Till — Or It Won’t Work!

This western Tennessee family is convinced its soils would be in much better shape if they had started no-tilling 25 years

By Ron Ross posted on February 1, 2005

I can trace a lot of what I’ve learned about no-tilling directly back to attending the National No-Till Conference.

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No-Till Innovator Adam Daugherty checks in from Coffee County, Tenn., with a preview of the 2025 National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC). The former NNTC Presenter of the Year, farmer and NRCS district conservation official will be leading a classroom presentation, “Don’t Start Planting Cover Crops Until…”.

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