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Long-Term No-Till Contributor Honored for Soil Fertility Efforts

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 5, 2024

A long-time booster of no-till and strip-till, former University of Minnesota soils fertility specialist George Rehm has been posthumously named as the Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) 2024 Distinguished Service Award honoree.

Commercial Compost Tea Doesn't Fare Well in No-Tiller's Trials

By Emma Link posted on June 21, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Holganix Bio 800+ does not affect corn yield and costs an extra $20/ac to apply compared to a standard nutrient program.

No-Till Roundtable

Q: What Was Your Worst Planting Experience Ever?

By Maclaren Krueger posted on March 28, 2024

We asked no-tillers about the worst weather, mechanical issues, fertilizer mishaps & other planting season comedy of errors that still haunt them

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No-Till Highlights: March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024

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. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Totally Tubular.

Soil Health

Focusing Solely on No-Till Misses the Point

Father of biological farming, Gary Zimmer, shares his controversial philosophy on no-till and common misconceptions about good soil health

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 29, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Regenerative agriculture has many different definitions. Practices such as no-till, cover crops, grazing and other soil health improvement strategies are often placed under different umbrellas of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture and several other similar titles.

Early Season Drought Can Have a Lingering Impact on Corn

May 31, 2023 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Pioneer

Water availability is the most common yield-limiting factor in corn production.

Secret to Increasing Soil Health is Living Roots

Studies confirm no-till & the cultivation of multiple crops revive soil’s previously decreasing organic matter levels.

February 21, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Jim Hoorman says the secret to increasing soil organic matter is having a crop or cover crop in the ground year round.

Field Fertility Considerations & Making Fertilizer Dollars Count in 2023

January 30, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

A few general rules of thumb apply for nutrient management: Always fertilize when soil test levels fall below the optimal range, avoid applications on high-testing soils and, when in doubt, fertilize based on expected rates of crop removal.

No-Till Innovator Southern States Cooperative Celebrates a Century of Serving Customers

Southern States Cooperative is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023 with events focused on its customers and employees.

January 24, 2023

Source: Southern States

No-Till Innovator award winner Southern States Cooperative is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023 with events focused on its customers and employees.

Soilgenic Visio-N Supra Technology Makes Nitrogen Fertilizer More Efficient

January 20, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Soilgenic

Soilgenic Technologies is making nitrogen fertilizer more efficient and effectively reducing its emissions with the launch of its new Visio-N Supra technology, which contains 40% NBPT.

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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.

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