Some farmers see switching to strip-till as a leap of faith. Luckily, for the Rebout family in Janesville, Wis., it was a gamble that paid off both immediately and in the long run.
The benefits of no-till residue are helping Lamesa, Texas, farmer Jeremy Brown realize more consistent yields as he converts more of his farm from irrigation to dryland management.
Jeremy Brown’s decision to adopt no-till practices stems from an important lesson from his backyard garden. Brown transplanted this idea it onto the landscape near Lamesa on the Southern High Plains of Texas, where he’s no-tilling 2,600 acres, most of it dryland farming.
A Penn State Extension study examined no-till to non-inversion subsoiling corn yields on fragipans, soil layers that have a loamy texture, are very dense, and when dry, hard and brittle.
As water becomes more precious in the Texas High Plains, more farmers are likely to turn to sorghum because it's more drought tolerant than corn and produces higher yields under moderate to severe drought.
USDA is investing up to $235 million through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program to improve soil health, preserve clean water, combat drought and protect wildlife habitat.
Heavy rains in parts of the Midwest have caused cornstalks and other crop debris to wash off fields and onto roads, drainage ditches and catch basins, resulting in flooding and road obstruction.
Excess soil water is detrimental to soybeans and affected no-tillers need to know how to assess any yield reductions that may be associated with flooded conditions.
Indiana and Ohio growers wishing to use gypsum to improve soil quality as part of on-farm conservation programs now have access to technical information and possible financial assistance.
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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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