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Cover Crops Helped Growers Overcome Drought in 2023

No-tillers share how cover crops affected cash crop growth during challenging times of drought

By Mackane Vogel posted on February 1, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

In 2023, many growers faced obstacles related to drought across much of the U.S. and even other parts of the world. Cover crops have often served as a tool for overcoming drought while also improving soil health, but proper management is key. No-Till Farmer surveyed growers about how cover crops affected cash crops during the 2023 drought. Here are some responses from growers.

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No-Till Highlights: Week of April 6, 2022

By Brian O'Connor posted on April 6, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. “No-Till Farmer's Best of the Web" is brought to you by Mixmate by PRAXIDYN.

John McNabb, No-Till Legend, dead at 87

April 5, 2022

"The only regret I have about no-tilling is that I didn’t start sooner," McNabb wrote in 2005.

Idaho Growers Get Lesson on Soil Health

March 16, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Idaho NRCS state agronomist Marlon Winger recently discussed how Idaho's agriculture system is leading to unhealthy soil, and why no-tillers are the innovators.

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The Federal Government's Prediction 35 Years Ago That 54% Of All U.S. Row-Crop Ground Today Would Be No-Tilled Was Way Too Optimistic

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 11, 2011

Some 35 years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture staffers predicted we’d see more than half of all U.S. cropland being no-tilled by now. The 1975 report also indicated that by 2010, 41% of the ground would be minimum tilled and only 5% conventionally tilled.

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Old Federal Government Prediction On No-Tilled Ground Was Way Too Optimistic

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 11, 2011 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

40 Legends Of The Past 40 Years

Check out these highly talented folks who’ve had a tremendous impact on no-till since 1972.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 11, 2011

As part of the 40th anniversary of publishing No-Till Farmer, we’ve selected a group of 40 individuals who have made tremendous contributions to the growth and popularity of no-till.

Editor's Note: This article is from the November 2011 issue of No-Till Farmer Conservation Tillage Guide. Not all details are current of this electronic posting.

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A Great Birthday Present

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 1, 2010

My son, Mike, and I recently spent 6 days looking at no-till in the Palouse, a 3,000-square-mile area located in the southeastern corner of Washington, north central Idaho and northeast Oregon. While I've visited this area several times where no-tillers grow crops on slopes as steep as 60%, I’d never been there during harvest of wheat, barley, peas, lentils and garbanzo beans.

10 Observations From Palouse No-Till Trip

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 10, 2010 | Posted in Residue Management, Water Management

My son, Mike, and I spent 6 days in mid-August looking at no-till in the Palouse, a 3,000-square-mile area located in the southeastern corner of Washington, north central Idaho and northeast Oregon.

Direct-Seeder Sees Many No-Till Benefits

May 17, 2010

Source: The Observer of La Grande, Ore.

As early as 1980, the Melvilles — Kevin’s dad Tim, and he and his brother — were exploring a sustainable farming practice called direct seeding, which is a method of planting and fertilizing done with no prior tilling to prepare the soil.

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Sustainable Agriculture Summit Shines Light on No-Till, Strip Till & Cover Crops

During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.

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