Steve Tucker still remembers driving around on the farm with his grandfather and hearing him say, “I should hope you never have to go through something like the 1930s and the drought that I went through.”
The journey Johnny Hunter is taking isn’t for the faint of heart. It started during the summer of 2012, when a historic drought blasted the Missouri Bootheel and much of the U.S.
When soil moisture is at or exceeding field capacity, there is an increased potential for soil compaction, particularly at topsoil depths, says Iowa State University Extension.
A recent Kansas State University Extension study further illustrates the need for no-tillers to control weeds in a timely manner after wheat harvest to maximize the benefit of stubble and protect soil water for plants.
Production of grain-type field peas is continuing to grow as it becomes an alternative to summerfallow in semi-arid, cereal-based cropping systems, say experts from Colorado and Kansas State universities and the University of Nebraska.
Comparing water efficiency data with numerous cropping systems can help you determine which rotations are best suited to maximize available moisture and improve profitability.
After comparing cotton under no-till, strip-till and conventional tillage rotations, an environmental soil scientist says he's seeing greater water infiltration rates following cover crops and crop rotation regardless of tillage.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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