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Depreciating Lost Fertilizer, Soil: Is it Right?

If a grower can claim depreciation for lost nutrients, could they do the same for soil value vanished due to erosion from bare, tilled ground?

By Randall Reeder posted on March 18, 2025 | Posted in Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Have you seen information about depreciating the value of excess fertilizer on purchased farmland? It sounds intriguing.

Regenerating Your Profits: No-Till, Covers & Livestock

Using diversification & data to inform his management decisions, Mac Kincaid can prove regenerative no-till is paying off on his 1,000-acre Missouri farm.

By John Dobberstein posted on March 17, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Bringing regenerative practices to degraded soil is no easy endeavor. But Mac Kincaid looks no further than his family to understand why he punches the calculator, braves freezing temperatures during the winter to move livestock, and troubleshoots ever-present weather challenges.

How Minnesota Farmers Increased Residue Coverage by 28% in 4 Years

March 13, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Tracking the use of practices like reduced tillage and cover crops that promote healthy soil is challenging but critical to gauge progress towards regional and state goals. Farmers are reducing tillage and increasing soil cover. We see more residue cover on the field, nearly doubling from 36% in 2016 to 64%.

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A No-Till Farming System 55 Years in the Making

The Kaiser family shares thoughts on best practices are constantly evolving for three generations working this Ontario no-till farm

By Martha Mintz posted on February 18, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management, Water Management

Our Farming System as it exists today didn’t just happen. It’s an evolution that has been 55 years in the making.

2025 National No-Tillage Conference Delivers 'One of Best Programs Yet'

By Noah Newman posted on January 13, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Crop Protection, Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health, Water Management, Strip-Till Farming

"I've been coming to this conference for over 10 years and this was definitely one of the best programs yet," an attendee told No-Till Farmer technology editor Noah Newman as the conference wrapped up.

Burning Field Residue an Expensive Way to Solve Planting Problems

By Dan Crummett posted on November 26, 2024 | Posted in Residue Management, Soil Health

A quick fire to eliminate standing stubble in harvested grain fields costs much more than the match that lights it. Valuable plant nutrients sent up in smoke must be replaced with purchased fertilizers.

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Where Does the Nitrogen in No-Tilled Soybean Residue Go?

By Joe Ailts posted on November 23, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Nutrient Management

Insatiable curiosity drove me to perform cover crop biomass tests on standing soybeans at the R6.5 growth stage in an effort to determine how much nitrogen (N) is captured in the above ground biomass just prior to harvest. What I found was staggering.

‘Grandfather of No-Till’ Bill Richards Passes, Leaving Behind Conservation Legacy

By John Dobberstein posted on November 13, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management, Soil Health

After pioneering no-till practices on his Circleville, Ohio farm – becoming one of the first to do it on an entire farm operation – Richards was tapped to serve as chief of the NRCS, then known as the Soil Conservation Service.

Tillage On Display Supports Researcher’s Soil Erosion Estimates

By Dan Crummett posted on October 30, 2024 | Posted in Residue Management

Geologist says the effects of tillage should be incorporated into the USDA’s erosion estimates, so the agency's numbers might better align with the 57.6 billion metrictons of soil that the researchers estimate has been lost across the Midwest in the last 160 years.

Tips for Safely Grazing Sorghum Residue After Harvest

October 29, 2024 | Posted in Residue Management

Source: Kansas State University Research & Extension

K-State research indicates that in most situations, there should be enough dry matter residue from the grain sorghum harvest to support one non-lactating cow for 50 to 60 days per acre.

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Depreciating Lost Fertilizer, Soil: Is it Right?

Regenerating Your Profits: No-Till, Covers & Livestock

How Minnesota Farmers Increased Residue Coverage by 28% in 4 Years

A No-Till Farming System 55 Years in the Making

2025 National No-Tillage Conference Delivers 'One of Best Programs Yet'

Burning Field Residue an Expensive Way to Solve Planting Problems

Where Does the Nitrogen in No-Tilled Soybean Residue Go?

‘Grandfather of No-Till’ Bill Richards Passes, Leaving Behind Conservation Legacy

Tillage On Display Supports Researcher’s Soil Erosion Estimates

Tips for Safely Grazing Sorghum Residue After Harvest

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