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Add Small Grains and Pasture to Your Rotation to Boost Soil Health

December 15, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Soils that rated the highest on the Soil Management Assessment Framework were in land converted to perennial grasses, a Purdue and USDA study found.

Tighty Whities Demonstrate Soil Microbiology

November 17, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota State University Extensions

South Dakota State University Extension buried mens' white cotton briefs in different tillage systems and viewed their decompositions as a comparison in the soil microbiology levels.

Tillage Can't Improve Soil Health

October 29, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Source: South Dakota State University Extension

There appears to be an attempt to improve soil health in a number of tilled fields, but South Dakota State University Extension warns that it's only a Band-Aid to solving a bigger problem.

From The Desk of John Dobberstein

Going to War for Water?

By John Dobberstein posted on October 26, 2016 | Posted in Water Management

A new documentary about extreme drought, agriculture and the continuing water crisis in the western U.S. underscores why adoption of no-till, improved soil health, precision irrigation and other conservation tools is critically important.

The Various Tools that Promote Soil Health

September 5, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Texas NRCS

An NRCS soil conservationist explains how soil health is an important tool for meeting the food demands of a growing world population, and the various ways to improve soil health.

Caring for 'Underground Livestock' Key to Colorado Farmer's Success

By Ron Nichols posted on August 25, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: NRCS

John Heermann has gained the trust of his landlords to restore soil health on their fields in northeastern Colorado with the use of continuous no-till and diverse cropping rotations.

From the No-Till on the Plains Borad of Directors

A New Look, A New Partnership

A message from the No-Till on the Plains Board of Directors about a new partnership with Lessiter Media and Dryland No-Tiller.

August 24, 2016

A message from the No-Till on the Plains Board of Directors about a new partnership with Lessiter Media and Dryland No-Tiller.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Ogallala Aquifer Study Vitally Important

By John Dobberstein posted on May 25, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

The problems surrounding the Ogallala aquifer in the Great Plains, and the threat to its sustainability for future generations of farmers, are well documented, as the world’s largest freshwater aquifer has declined by some 38 million acre-feet in the last several decades.

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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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