Articles Tagged with ''Soil health''

Cotton Growers Turn to No-Till, Regenerative Practices to Improve Soil Health

March 16, 2023

Bob Walker, a no-tiller from Tennessee, and Sledge Taylor, a no-tiller from Mississippi, discuss the practices they are implementing to continuously improve soil health and the impacts they are seeing.

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.

3 Ways Precision Spraying is Critical for Withstanding Drought

Drone crop spraying offers tools to better manage drought and input costs.

December 6, 2022 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Water Management

Source: Crop Producer

Drone crop spraying offers tools to better manage drought and input costs.

[Video] A Deep Dive into APV's Cover Crop Equipment Offerings

September 13, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health

Cameron White, APV-America territory manager, explains how the relatively new company is making a name for itself in the cover crop business. He'll highlight the many offerings available from APV, including APV's Pneumatic Seeders (PS) series.

No-Till, Strip-Till Prevent 47,000+ Tons of Sediment in Illinois Fields in 2021

July 1, 2022

Source: Successful Farming

In 2021, Saving Tomorrow's Agriculture Resources (STAR) reported 472 participants on 89,579 acres over 1,579 fields in Illinois. Among the participating fields, 56% of corn fields were no-tilled or strip-tilled, while 70% of soy fields were no-tilled or strip-tilled.

Lessons for No-Till Soil Saving From a Strip-Tiller

June 9, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Strip-Till Farming

Source: York News Times

Matt Grosshans, a Hamilton County, Neb., farmer, knows reduced tillage, cover crops and crop rotations were vital to maintaining his soil.

Insects as Indicators for Plant Health

Entomologist Thomas Dykstra’s Leaf Brix chart provides a way to identify unhealthy crops.

By Noah Newman posted on May 30, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

Throughout his 25-plus years studying insects, Thomas Dykstra has found one thing to be unequivocally true: Insects only feed upon food that is considered unfit, nutritionally poor, dead or dying.

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[Webinar] Digging into Crop Residue Breakdown: The Role of Soil Microbes

May 27, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

In this webinar, Holganix President of Agriculture, Dave stark Ph.D. will discuss the role of soil microbes in breaking down crop residue and building soil health.

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Unlocking the Power of Living Roots in Salty-Soil Areas

May 24, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: South Dakota State University

Besides building healthy soil, living roots are the tool to fix marginal lands. Salt-affected soils are an example of a hard-to-fix marginal land situation in South Dakota. There are annual and perennial plants that can tolerate more soil salts

The Costs of Erosion: Topsoil's Role in Food Security

May 16, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota State University

Topsoil is geology modified by biology, physical and chemical processes. Without topsoil, our planet would be just rocks and dust with no meaningful life. The thin layer of topsoil covering our earth gives and sustains almost all of the life we know. It is basic knowledge that a handful of soil contains billions of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, nematodes and earthworms to name a few.

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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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