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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

On-Farm Testing and Evaluation Lead to 100% No-Till Adoption

Crunching the numbers on no-till and other practices helps the Williams family dial in peak economic farm performance.

By Martha Mintz posted on May 28, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s no way to farm. Instead of blindly seeking the highest yields and following conventional management recommendations, my wife, Kelli, and I work to track, evaluate and problem solve on the farm we started together.

Banking on the Soil for No-Till Success

Seeding cover crops and planting green is improving soils and easing the workload for Ohio no-tiller Nathan Brause.

By Julia Gerlach posted on May 27, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

For Nathan Brause of Sulphur Springs, Ohio, witnessing the soil degradation on his farm over the past 4 decades put him on a mission to keep more of it in place.

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Converting Your Planter to No-Till Operation: Seed Openers

March 8, 2018 | Posted in Equipment

Source: Iowa Learning Farms

To help create a narrow profile for easier insertion into the soil, planters with evenly matched seed opener discs (e.g., John Deere, Kinze, White) should be pinched together along the periphery of the blades at the soil entry point — close enough to firmly hold a business card between the discs.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Focus on Organic Matter, Flexibility Keeps No-Till Farm One Step Ahead

A wide range of equipment and strategies are employed for applying nutrients, managing cover crops and getting the job done.

By Nick Guetterman and Martha Mintz posted on June 10, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

A wide range of equipment and strategies are employed for applying nutrients, managing cover crops and getting the job done.

Father And Daughter Make Great No-Till Team

She’s a crop scout, he has 40 years of no-till experience and together they win with non-GMO soybeans and reduced herbicide rates.

By Martha Ostendorf posted on August 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

Every youth that has heard stories of their parents walking to school uphill both ways in waist-deep snow knows that things were more difficult in the past.

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Ponds, Panels, Pollinators: No-Till Innovator Takes Conservation to Next Level

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.

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