Herbicides alone aren’t going to be enough to control weeds in the long run, says Jon Spreng, a no-tiller and crop consultant from Perrysville, Ohio. The current herbicide choices available on the market may last 10-30 years, but unless new active ingredients come along, the fourth-generation grower says he believes that weed resistance will only get worse.

According to a recent poll of Soil Health Academy graduates, a majority of them are experiencing improvements in their operations’ resources and net per-acre profits within two years or less.

Manure compost in arid region improved soil health, but results took more than a year, according to the Soil Science Society of America.

Host Ryan Stockwell, senior manager of agriculture partnership at Indigo, leads a discussion on how farmers and companies are coming together in the Indigo Carbon program. To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and John Hoeven have introduced the Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops (FEEDD) Act, bipartisan legislation to provide farmers and ranchers with additional flexibility to alleviate feed shortages in years with widespread excessive moisture, flooding or drought.