Articles Tagged with ''Soil health''

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Minnesota Study: Cover Crops, Less Aggressive Tillage Reduce Wind Erosion

Two ongoing studies are measuring how much soil is being blown across different fields, and how much nutrients lost with wind erosion might cost farmers. Overall, preliminary data indicates that management makes a difference: leaving residue on a field or planting cover crops, and less aggressive tillage, can slow down soil movement.
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Cover Crops More Effective Than Insecticides for Managing Pests, Study Suggests

Promoting early season plant cover, primarily through the use of cover crops, can be more effective at reducing pest density and crop damage than insecticide applications, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.

In a newly published study, the researchers suggest that the best pest management outcomes may occur when growers encourage biological control — in the form of pests' natural enemies — by planting cover crops and avoiding broad-spectrum insecticides as much as possible.


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No-Till Highlights: Week of March 23, 2022

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.
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No-Till Highlights: Week of March 14, 2022

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.
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Gabe Brown Addresses the State of No-Till Soils

In a presentation to the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil and Healthy Water, Brown joked about taking over his own family farm following years of tilling, and used that as launching point to talk about the difference between soil subjected to intensive tilling and no-till fields.
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Honoring Leaders, Pioneers in the No-Till Community

The 26th class of No-Till Innovators led advancements in no-tilling by championing organic no-till, no-till tobacco, innovative planter attachments, robust educational events and farmer networks.
Two individuals and two organizations were recognized as the 26th class of No-Till Innovators for their commitment to the advancement of no-till farming systems in North America and worldwide.
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[Podcast] 30 Under 30 with Mitchell Hora, and the Future of Regenerative Agriculture

For this No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we caught up with Mitchell Hora on the sidelines of the Big Soil Health Event in Riverside, Iowa and spoke with him about getting named to the list, the potential for regenerative agriculture, his company’s web-based application TopSoil and more.
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we caught up with Mitchell Hora on the sidelines of the Big Soil Health Event in Riverside, Iowa and spoke with him about getting named to Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" list, the potential for regenerative agriculture, his company’s web-based application TopSoil and more.
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