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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No More ‘More-On’ Farming

Synthetics are out on this North Dakota farm. Stimulating the soil biome to produce hundreds of thousands of dollars of inputs is in.
By Martha Mintz posted on July 11, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
Efficiency drove our shift to no-till in 1999. The practice meant less fuel, fewer tractor passes and reduced man hours. For all other aspects of our operation, though, it was more, more, more.
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Getting by with Less is Giving this No-Tiller More to Cheer About

Reducing tillage, slashing nitrogen, cutting seed treatments and opting for untraited corn have savings adding up and profits peaking.
By Martha Mintz posted on May 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
I wanted to no-till. I would search out no-till planters online or in classified ads and just wish. But with only 240 acres, I just couldn’t justify the expense — at least not until a supportive friend stepped in.
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Transitioning a No-Till Legacy

Slashing fuel, doubling soil organic matter and retiring with pride were rewards for forging on in fringe no-till country.
By Martha Mintz posted on March 30, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health
I had hoped to raise 50 crops before I retired, but 48 is pretty darn close. 
The timing just seemed right at the end of 2021 to keep pushing for 50 crops on our Canton, Miss., farm. In 2019 we had reduced acres, letting all our rented ground go and just farming what we owned.
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A Horse, Two Vaqueros, and an Amish Mother Collide ...

By John Young posted on March 7, 2022 | Posted in Equipment

The horse and buggy were pushed against a tree with our pickup truck. A farm worker was holding the horse by its bridle, talking to it, trying to calm it. A small, ankle-biter-sized dog was jumping around happily. To all appearances, our truck had run the horse off the road, wrecked the buggy and injured the young mother. It was not a pretty sight.


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Record Yields and High Prices Reward Iowa Family on No-Till Journey

An ongoing journey of continuously reducing tillage hasn’t held back the Hellands, who press forward even when they hit bumps.
By Martha Mintz posted on February 1, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Everything went right in 2021. It was the first time in my years of farming that we matched record yields with high prices with the bonus of reduced inputs from no-till and strip-till. I think I’ll quit. 


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Intercropping, Cover Crops Yield More Residue, Fewer Inputs & More Income

On the dry, wind-swept Colorado plains, more residue above and roots below are critical to John Heermann’s no-till system.
By Martha Mintz posted on January 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health, Water Management

SOIL HEALTH DRIVES nearly every farm management decision I make these days. It’s why I use a stripper header, diversify my rotation, use cover crops and am ramping up intercropping. It even determines what gifts I send to my landlords on the holidays (books on soil health)


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