Earn Big Bucks By Protecting Drinking Water

By Frank Lessiter posted on January 26, 2024 | Posted in Residue Management, Water Management

How would you like to earn $212.48 per acre simply by adopting four conservation practices already used by many no-tillers?

Corn & Soybeans Are Stupid, Plus 3 Other Thought-Provoking Statements from the Big Soil Health Event

By Michaela Paukner posted on December 29, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

While no-till is a pillar of the regen movement, the Big Soil Health Event is definitely a departure from conventional no-till practices. As I was listening to the speakers, these four statements caught my attention, and I wondered how those of you reading would have reacted had you been there.

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Science Wins Over Politics with Decision to Extend Glyphosate Use in Europe

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 26, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

When delegates from 27 countries making up the European Union (EU) Commission failed to find an agreeable position on the use of glyphosate, the agency went ahead and approved the use of this herbicide for the next 10 years.

No-Tillers Should Rethink Dedicating Prime Farmland to Feed Crops

By Ralph C. Martin posted on December 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

It is becoming increasingly evident that we endanger our capacity to feed the world by over-assigning feed crops to prime farmland. The priority for this heritage is to grow crops for human edible food, while maintaining or improving soil health and overall ecological integrity.

ADM Accepts Frank Lessiter’s Challenge to Prove Commitment to Regenerative Ag

By Michaela Paukner posted on December 1, 2023

In No-Till Farmer’s November 2023 Conservation Tillage Guide, editor Frank Lessiter challenged food companies to prove their commitment to regenerative agriculture is more than just a PR campaign … and at least one major food company was listening.

Monarch Butterfly Concerns Still With Us

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 29, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Years ago, the seed companies blasted a USDA researcher after I wrote a No-Till Farmer item stating that Bt corn could reduce butterfly populations.

5% Makes a Big Difference in Waterhemp Control

Escapes go a long way toward decreasing corn yields & add to herbicide-resistance woes in the long run

By Dan Crummett posted on November 24, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection

Odds of 95% usually sound like a close-to-sure bet, but when it comes to weed control for waterhemp in corn fields, the “house” will very likely win.

Opinion: Typical No-Till Planter Design Based on Myth

By Dr. C. John Baker posted on November 6, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

The myth is that no-tillage should put seeds in the same soil environment that tillage has been doing for hundreds of years, but to do it with seed openers on the planter instead of cultivating entire fields.

Cover Crops Raise Corn, Soybean Returns

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 30, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

For No-tillers growing corn and soybeans, seeding cover crops will almost always increase profits. But maybe not right away, maintains the Univ. of Missouri’s Rob Myers.

Revolutionizing the World of Agriculture with No-Till

By Clay Pope posted on October 20, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Southern Plains Perspective

Protecting the environment and production agriculture are not mutually exclusive. All it takes is a little revolutionary thinking—brown revolutionary thinking.

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Earn Big Bucks By Protecting Drinking Water

Corn & Soybeans Are Stupid, Plus 3 Other Thought-Provoking Statements from the Big Soil Health Event

Science Wins Over Politics with Decision to Extend Glyphosate Use in Europe

No-Tillers Should Rethink Dedicating Prime Farmland to Feed Crops

ADM Accepts Frank Lessiter’s Challenge to Prove Commitment to Regenerative Ag

Monarch Butterfly Concerns Still With Us

5% Makes a Big Difference in Waterhemp Control

Opinion: Typical No-Till Planter Design Based on Myth

Cover Crops Raise Corn, Soybean Returns

Revolutionizing the World of Agriculture with No-Till

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