Four-leaved clovers may or may not bring good luck. What’s indisputable is that all white clovers, whether with three or four leaves, have many benefits say researchers in New Zealand.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ray Rawson about zone tillage, the Zone Builder, his ever-changing planter setups and some of the inventions Ray developed over the years.

Soil health tests can help you understand whether you have the microbial activity to supply nutrients to plants or whether your soil structure is sufficient to allow air and water to flow. If you’re going to send soil samples to a lab, the quality of samples you collect is very important. Here are a few rules of thumb for soil health test sampling from the University of Minnesota.

2019 was a generally tough year for weed control, leading to higher end of season weed populations in some fields. If you have never applied herbicide in fall to burn down winter annuals, or done it only infrequently, this might be the year to make an investment in fall herbicides, says Ohio State University.

With most farmers in the U.S. still getting into the swing of producing hemp, a price crash may be coming before many can cash out on their crops, according to HempToday. Current estimates show the U.S. market is growing 8 times more hemp for CBD than can be consumed by the market.