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[Podcast] Mr. Lessiter Goes to Washington

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by NewLeaf Symbiotics, we dug through our archives to find the speech Frank Lessiter presented during his 1973 testimonial before the House Agriculture Committee on the important role no-tillage was playing in American agriculture.
By Julia Gerlach and Frank Lessiter posted on March 17, 2022 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by NewLeaf Symbiotics, we dug through our archives to find the speech Frank Lessiter presented during his 1973 testimonial before the House Agriculture Committee on the important role no-tillage was playing in American agriculture.
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No-Till Highlights: Week of March 14, 2022

By Brian O'Connor posted on March 15, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health
No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. “No-Till Farmer's Best of the Web" is brought to you by Mixmate by PRAXIDYN.
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Living Roots: Fighting Soil Compaction with Biology and Diversity

March 14, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition
A recent study by Anthony Bly of South Dakota State University found that no-till fields managed with diversified crop rotation, cover crops, and livestock integration had 57% porosity and an internal water movement rate of 4.7 inches per hour. Soil from conventionally tilled fields had 49% porosity and an internal water movement rate of only 0.8 inches per hour.
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[Podcast] Leveraging Climate Intelligence for Better No-Till Results

Himanshu Gupta, CEO and founder of ClimateAi, joins us to talk about how his company measures heat risk and drought risk and turns those into what he calls the planting risk index, a metric that can help growers make better operational decisions for their farms.
March 10, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, sponsored by Yetter Farm Equipment, Himanshu Gupta, CEO and founder of ClimateAi, joins us to talk about how his company measures heat risk and drought risk and turns those into what he calls the planting risk index, a metric that can help growers make better operational decisions for their farms.
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