Diverse No-Till Cropping Wins Again
USDA researchers in North Dakota say recent studies show benefits to having perennials and annuals in a rotation, and that no-till is the best implementation tool.
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Sticking with the Program Rings in No-Till Success
Low-disturbance no-till, terraces and split fertilizer applications are pillars of success for Evan Copsey and Greg and Christopher Biermann.
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[Podcast] Digging Deeper into Cover Crop Benefits
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, author and University of Maryland researcher Ray Weil discusses his findings regarding the principles of soil productivity.
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[Podcast] History and Insights from No-Till Pioneer Bill Richards
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we sat down with Bill Richards, know as the “Grandfather of No-Till,” to discuss the storied history of no-till adoption and the major influencers who helped prove no-till as a viable, profitable farm practice.
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Finding a Niche Leads to No-Till Success
With a soil armor of residue, better water infiltration and diverse crops, Alan Mindemann is making no-till work in the most challenging of conditions.
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No-Till, Precise Fertility Bring Back the ‘Old Hills’
Randy and Dan Linville are making their sloped fields more productive by feeding the soil and seeding cereal rye to improve soil tilth and reduce erosion.
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‘Soil Livestock’ Open the Tap to Increasing No-Till Production
Healthier microbial communities are key for no-tillers to utilize large pools of untapped nutrients underground and increase production without hiking input costs.
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[Podcast] Managing Annual Ryegrass In No-Till — It’s All About The Details
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by no-till consultant with Ag Conservation Solutions, Dan Towery, who discusses some of the benefits of annual ryegrass as a carbon provider and nitrogen scavenger in no-tilled soils, and the optimum seeding window for its use in the U.S.
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