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No-Till Legends, Researchers Receive Award for Dust Storm Paper

May 14, 2024

Three No-Till Legends and a longtime Ohio State University soil scientist received an award from the Soil & Water Conservation Society for a paper pointing out the role of tillage in a deadly 90-vehicle pileup in Illinois last year.

We Owe It to Future Generations to Care for Soil Health

By Don Reicosky posted on April 12, 2024

Present-day conventional agriculture practices are contributing to climate change, causing major changes in nature’s balance for maintaining our food security.

No-Till Legends Outline Detrimental Impacts of Tillage in New Paper

By Michaela Paukner posted on February 2, 2024

Several No-Till Legends explore the impacts of tillage on soil health and the future of food production in a new research paper advocating for the adoption of no-till and other conservation agriculture practices.

Dust Storm Catastrophe Serves as Major Warning

Need for widespread adoption of sustainable agriculture practices, such as no-till, is more dire than ever

By Don Reicosky posted on November 30, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

The tragedy of the infamous Dust Bowl era of the 1930s was repeated in the “mini” dust storm on I-55 in the heart of the U.S. Corn Belt in May 2023.

Another Dust Storm Catastrophe 90 Years Later that No-Till Could Have Prevented

By Don Reicosky, Rattan Lal, David Brandt, and Randall Reeder posted on June 8, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Could the catastrophic dust storm along I-55 in Illinois in May have been prevented? YES! If the farmland had been in continuous no-till with cover crops, there would have been no dust. No dust. No deaths. No injuries. No crashed vehicles.

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Could No-Till Have Prevented Deadly Illinois Dust Storm?

By Noah Newman posted on May 4, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

No-till innovator and retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky says an incident like this should never happen in the Corn Belt, a region containing what he calls “the best soils in the world!"

No 'Holy War' (Just Hole-y Data) on No-Till Carbon

By Brian O'Connor posted on August 10, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

The article, published in Anthropocene magazine, cites a study published in the journal "Geoderma," and set for release in the journal's November issue. The study has some issues. Perhaps because no-tillers are passionate and proud folks who take their preferred agricultural practices seriously, some of them are hopping mad.

A Brief History of Carbon Markets

How global politics, market forces, environmental science and the back 40 are still colliding.

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 31, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

In Europe, the carbon market overseen by the EU generated €57 billion ($59 billion) in revenue over the past 8 years, and prices paid to farmers are flirting with $100 per metric ton.

Body of Knowledge: Digging Into Noteworthy No-Till Literature

While no-till, cover crops and other conservation ag principles are very much in the news these days, a look back at the no-till literature from both the near and distant past reminds us that these important concepts are not new — yet there is much left to explore.

By Julia Gerlach posted on February 26, 2022

In the February 2022 issue of No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Tillage Guide, retired ag engineer Randall Reeder of Ohio State University and retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky shared the outcomes of a survey they conducted to identify the most significant works in no-till research and literature.

3 Individuals Added to No-Till Farmer’s ‘Legends List’

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 31, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

The 2022 update to No-Till Farmer’s ‘Legends List’ — now with 60 individuals covering 60 years of the practice — highlights 3 individuals whose science, research and practical guidance advanced farmers’ understanding and adoption of no-till.

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