From August 16th - September 15th, we asked No-Till Farmer readers: "How much has your soil organic matter content improved (in a typical no-till field) since you began no-tilling?"

It looks like the cover-crop movement continues to build steam in the U.S., as growers are seeding them to reduce erosion, fix or scavenge nutrients, improve soil biological activity and the like.

Woods End Laboratories announced the release of the Solvita Field test, which enables growers to conduct on-site evaluations of soil biology without the added expense of sending samples to a lab.

Davie Stephens of Wingo, Ky., talks about how a field that had bad compaction improved over the years thanks to continuous no-till and cover crops breaking up the hard pan.

Davie Stephens of Wingo, Ky., talks about how no-till has prevented erosion and built soil tilth and health over the past few decades. Stephens' father started no-till in the late 1970s, and after Stephens joined him in 1988, they went to 100% no-till in the early 1990s. Stephens also explains how no-till drove them to adopting cover crops so they could continue building soil health and preventing soil erosion.

Gypsoil Pelletized Products Division will open a $5 million plant in Winona, Minn., this fall to manufacture Gypsoil Blendable, a pelletized gypsum product.