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Identify Soil Health Goals Before Starting Soil Tests

Measuring soil health is a non-linear process that requires no-tillers to identify specific goals & test indicators to track progress.

By Julienne Isaacs posted on May 23, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Lance Gunderson, co-founder and president of Regen Ag Lab in Pleasanton, Neb., looks at soil as a puzzle.

What I’ve Learned From No-Tilling

No-Tilling & Cover Cropping Every Acre Every Year

No-tiller retires early from farming, thanks to time & cost savings from conservation practices, and finds enjoyable second career teaching others about the methods.

By Martha Mintz posted on May 23, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Retiring from farming isn’t always voluntary. Sometimes you’ve got to keep farming because you’re not profitable enough.

Recalibrating the Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for No-Till

The pre-sidedress soil nitrate test has been recalibrated to make recommendations more accurate for modern production systems.

May 19, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: Penn State Extension

The theory behind the pre-sidedress soil nitrate test methodology is still sound, but changes in production practices, such as the shift to no-till, require some adaptations to the original PSNT methodology and calibration.

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[Video] Soil & Water Outcomes: Outlook on Carbon Markets for Long-Term No-Tillers

By Michaela Paukner posted on May 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Adam Kiel, managing director of the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, explains the organization's carbon program and future opportunities for long-term no-tillers to participate in carbon markets.

Long-Term Research Reveals Advantages of Diverse Crop Rotations

By Stan Wise posted on May 19, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

USDA-ARS researchers also worked with economists at South Dakota State University to evaluate the economics of the different rotations, including crop prices and production costs. They determined that some four-year rotations have a higher benefit-cost ratio.

Soil Loss Due to Erosion & Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Cause for Alarm

Clay Pope says growing population numbers mixed with increasing loss of soil to erosion are a cause for concern.

By Clay Pope posted on May 18, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Southern Plains Perspective

By 2050 it’s estimated that there will be roughly 9.8 billion people on the globe, more than in the entire history of our species.

Frankly Speaking

Could No-Till, Covers Have Avoided Dust Tragedy?

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 16, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

While many no-tillers don’t want to come down hard on growers still using excessive tillage, some of our readers maintain the May 1 dust storm tragedy in central Illinois could have been prevented.

[Podcast] How No-Tilling Impacts Farmland Value

In today’s episode of the podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, Ryan Schroeter with National Land Realty talks about 2023 farmland value trends and what needs to happen for no-till and other conservation practices to influence land valuation.

May 12, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

In this episode of the podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, Ryan Schroeter with National Land Realty talks about 2023 farmland value trends and what needs to happen for no-till and other conservation practices to influence land valuation.

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Could No-Till Have Prevented Deadly Illinois Dust Storm?

By Noah Newman posted on May 4, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

No-till innovator and retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky says an incident like this should never happen in the Corn Belt, a region containing what he calls “the best soils in the world!"

[Podcast] Preparing for Planting with Gregg Sauder of 360 Yield Center

In this episode of the podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, Gregg Sauder reviews the evolution of planter technology over his career and the important no-till planter lessons — and life lessons — he’s learned in the years since.

April 28, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

In this episode of the podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, Gregg Sauder reviews the evolution of planter technology over his career and the important no-till planter lessons — and life lessons — he’s learned in the years since.

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Identify Soil Health Goals Before Starting Soil Tests

No-Tilling & Cover Cropping Every Acre Every Year

Recalibrating the Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for No-Till

[Video] Soil & Water Outcomes: Outlook on Carbon Markets for Long-Term No-Tillers

Long-Term Research Reveals Advantages of Diverse Crop Rotations

Soil Loss Due to Erosion & Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Cause for Alarm

Could No-Till, Covers Have Avoided Dust Tragedy?

[Podcast] How No-Tilling Impacts Farmland Value

Could No-Till Have Prevented Deadly Illinois Dust Storm?

[Podcast] Preparing for Planting with Gregg Sauder of 360 Yield Center

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