Agriculture is bearing the brunt as one of the sectors most affected by extreme weather, while a third of global greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to the global food system. In the face of this enormous challenge, advocates and practitioners of regenerative agriculture are arguing that now is time for farming to transition to a much more sustainable model at scale. The No-Till Passport Series is brought to you by Martin Industries.
The topography of the Champaign County, Ohio area makes much of Jack Sommers' farmland a candidate for no-till and cover cropping practices. Sommers feels that cover crops help protect the soils and build up organic matter among other advantages.
Joaquim Caldas took some serious convincing about the idea of adopting Conservation Agriculture (CA). But now, the 67-year-old farmer from the village of Uma Boco, near the north coast of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia, is one of the most enthusiastic champions of the approach. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.
In this episode of Conservation Ag Update, we’re taking the show on the road this week, broadcasting from Precision Planting’s PTI Farm ahead of the 10th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference. On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, PTI Farm manager Jason Webster gives an inside scoop on why the 400-acre research farm in Pontiac, Ill., attracts thousands of people from all over the globe. This episode of Conservation Ag Update is brought to you by Yokohama Off-Highway Tires
Nobleford, Alta., in Canada remains one of the biggest places in no-till farming's history. In response to the extreme soil drifting in Western Canada, Charles Noble developed a system to shear stubble and weeds below the ground and leave the residue on top of the soil to reduce evaporation and prevent erosion.
In the second installment of No-Till Farmer’s Ask the Operator webinar series, 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, welcomes Olexiy and Konstantin, two Ukrainian no-tillers, and UW-Madison's Erin Silva for a live discussion about organic no-till and the regenerative practices the farmers are experimenting with in Ukraine.
In this digital product demo, Locus AG’s Travis Kraft, Director of Row Crops, and Maja Milovanovic, Microbiology Manager, will walk through everything you need to know about biologicals.
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Franck Groeneweg, who no-tills a variety of crops on more than 12,000 acres near Three Forks, Mont., shares how his massive Johnson-Su bioreactor system allows him to apply compost extract in furrow during planting season.
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