Given the numerous beneficial roles soil biology plays in crop production — including nutrient cycling, water-holding capacity and disease suppression — more no-tillers want to learn how well their soil biology is and what they can do to improve it.
If you were to jot down all the reduced tillage learning opportunities that have occurred over the past 25 years at the National No-Tillage Conference, the numbers would be astronomical.
Three individuals and one organization are being recognized as the 21st Class of No-Till Innovators for leading the adoption and advancement of no-till at the 25th annual National No-Tillage Conference.
Higher crop yields and improved land productivity is possible with no-tilled fields with continuous cropping vs. a fallowed winter-wheat system with tillage, says USDA-ARS researcher Randy Anderson.
Higher crop yields and improved land productivity is possible with no-tilled fields with continuous cropping vs. a fallowed winter-wheat system with tillage, says USDA-ARS researcher Randy Anderson.
Washington State University researchers offer a new publication to explain how soil pH affects root diseases and provide recommendations on mitigating adverse effects.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension soil scientist Paul DeLaune discusses how irrigated producers especially could potentially be reaping more dollars per acre if they include a cover crop on their continuous cotton acres.
One expected benefit of using legumes as a cover crop is to provide a source of nitrogen (N) to the cropping system, but in certain situations the amount of fixed N may be lower than anticipated, says University of Nebraska Extension.
Poultry litter should serve as an excellent complement to commercial nitrogen (N) fertilizers. Phosphorus (P) content in poultry litter is usually high, and applications rates should be based on P levels to avoid potential surface water contamination.
No-tillers recognize the fact that the millions of microbes living underground in their fields are continually improving soil quality by cycling nutrients and turning residues into organic matter.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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