A record number of Iowa farmers signed up to install nutrient reduction practices -- including cover crops, no-till/strip till or nitrification inhibitors -- on their farms through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s statewide water quality cost share program.

An exciting lineup of speakers for the 2018 event will provide attendees with a chance to learn more about new concepts and options for healthier soils.

Younger members of the Peterson family that runs Peterson Farm Bros. near Assaria, Kan., shares their love for no-till residue and soil health in this parody of Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Shape of You.” The family raises 1,400 acres of corn, alfalfa and forage sorghum as food for beef cattle and wheat, milo and soybeans for cash crops.

Ohio State University Extension shares to two techniques commonly used to assess the success or failure of pollination.

Ada Soil and Water Conservation District shares story of Jason Miller, who adopted a system including cover crops and mob grazing and no-tilled corn in furrow irrigation on his farm near Marsing, Idaho, to reduce soil erosion and improve soil health.

Some progress is being made in Kansas on reducing the drastic decline of this important aquatic resource. Find out how farmers moved the needle.

Cover crop grazing, pollinator planting, water infiltration and no-till economics are among the topics to be covered in two field days set for Oklahoma and Kansas next month.

About 20 years ago, Ron, Robert and Earl Rayner of A Tumbling T Ranches in Goodyear, Ariz., began developing a no-till double-cropped cotton and wheat planting as part of an overall crop rotation they follow. This video chronicles their progress and highlights the success they've had in managing risks, sustaining productivity, economizing on water use, improving soil function, reducing soil temperature and developing a successful reduced-disturbance production system.

If manure increases formation of larger and more stable soil aggregates, what might be the benefits of fertilizing with manure as compared to commercial fertilizer? University of Nebraska Extension discusses potential benefits.