Even in states where the growing season is a mere four-and-a-half months long, cover crops can help farmers meet specific on-farm goals that they cannot achieve just by having cash crops in their rotation.
The soil health goals Gary Greenlee has for his farms are the same, despite the drastic 1,800-mile distance between them. The long-time no-tiller and strip-tiller farms about 200 acres of silt loam in Illinois, as well as about 1,000 acres of good soil in Idaho.
The 2023 National Farm Machinery Show was packed with the latest cutting edge technology and product innovations for no-tillers and other conservation-minded farmers.
Attend Jim Stute's upcoming virtual session for the National Cover Crop Summit to learn how planting green fits into an overall resistance management system as well as how rye termination timing impacts weed suppression, soybean development and yield.
A discussion in the Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) email group started with a question about interseeeding clover into soybeans. Several no-tillers discussed the topic and how timing of planting could dramatically affect the outcome.
RealAgriculture's Kara Oosterhuis talks to independent research agronomist Jim Stute at the 2023 National No-Tillage Conference about how using cereal rye in rotation ahead of soybeans can help no-tillers get ahead of weeds.
The Halcomb family in Schochoh, Ky., is full of lifelong learners and critical thinkers willing to push the envelope and try new things when most growers would shy away from the risk.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller and cover cropper Alex Harrell shares the main takeaway from his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield.
Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.
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