Craig Stehly is a no-tiller who farms 12,000 acres of corn, soybeans, winter wheat and a variety of cover crops around Mitchell, S.D., with his brother, Gene. I caught up with Craig the afternoon of Wednesday, April 8.

If you have fields where you were unable to grow a crop in 2019, you may be wondering if you can take any nitrogen (N) credits for the 2020 growing season. These guidelines from the University of Minnesota Extension will help you understand conditions where N credits may be available.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we share a discussion between Ralph Upton Jr. of Springerton, Illinois, and ag researcher John Pike, covering their exchange which delves into research Upton had done on his farm after a 1983 drought revealed that he had a plow pan layer about 6 inches deep in his soil profile that was preventing his crops from getting needed moisture.

Karlen grows peas, lentils, corn, soybeans, winter wheat and spring wheat. Karlen says he saw what was happening in China back in January and February and has tried to plan ahead to alleviate his concerns for his crops.

A soil health webinar series launches today as part of the Soil Health Institute’s Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton project. New episodes will be offered weekly from now until mid-May on the Institute’s YouTube Channel and Soil Health Training webpage.

University of Nebraska Extension shares the results of their study investigating the impact of planting date, row spacing, seeding rates, and nitrogen management on yield and yield components of irrigated soybean in southwest Nebraska.

Kansas State University Extension shares some considerations for dealing with weeds popping up after the flooding problems farmers experienced in 2019.

After taking a break from doing the survey the last 2 years, USDA's SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) is once again sending out a national cover crop survey to farmers and needs your input.