Idaho NRCS state agronomist Marlon Winger recently discussed how Idaho's agriculture system is leading to unhealthy soil, and why no-tillers are the innovators.
A new report is out about water storage in the Ogllala aquifer, and this news isn't good. This reinforces the need for more widespread adoption of no-till practices and modern, precise irrigation technology.
The amount of nutrient and sediment pollution that flowed from nine major rivers into the Chesapeake Bay remained below the 25-year average in 2013, the Chesapeake Bay Program reports.
A visiting researcher and Fulbright scholar from Australia, Neil Saintilan, shares his experiences as a scientific advisor to water use policy makers in one of Australia's largest water basins, as that region strives to conserve water while maintaining agricultural productivity.
Climate change cost American soybean farmers an estimated $11 billion in unrealized potential yield in the past two decades, a newly published study says.
While covers may use some water, experienced no-tillers say they build water-holding capacity in no-tilled soils, soften the impact of rain and reduce soil moisture evaporation.
Some growers in the Plains feel incorporating cover crops into no-till systems can’t work because covers will use up all of the available moisture needed for the following cash crop. But experienced no-tillers share what benefits they’ve seen from cover crops on their own farms.
USDA researchers say that winter rye crops seeded in no-till corn-soybean systems have the potential to reduce annual nitrate loss in field drainage by about 18 pounds per acre.
New enrollments for the Conservation Stewardship Program will be accepted through Feb. 27, 2015. The program is designed to reward farmers, ranchers and foresters for maintaining existing conservation, and also the adoption of additional conservation measures.
Tillage practices that conserve moisture, plants that use water more efficiently and soil with more organic matter have produced higher yields even in dry conditions, according to South Dakota State University soil scientist David Clay.
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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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