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Covering All Bases with the National Strip-Tillage Conference

By Noah Newman posted on March 21, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Strip-Till Farming

Spring has arrived and there’s plenty to be excited about as always: Opening Day (go Guardians), March Madness (sadly, none of my teams made the tournament), planting season (I can’t wait to visit some of your farms this spring) and the release of the 12^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference program.

Monte Bottens Highlights Tile Water Monitoring Project

By Noah Newman posted on February 12, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

The No-Till Conference presented Monte Bottens with the Most Outstanding Speaker Award for his 2024 presentation, “Making Grazing So Easy a Corn Grower Can Do It.” During his acceptance talk, Bottens highlighted some of the on-farm trials he’s got going on this year in Cambridge, Ill.

Fitting the Cover Crop to the Farm & Making Money Doing It

By Mackane Vogel posted on February 11, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Last week I told you all about our upcoming National Cover Crop Summit and promised to showcase lots more great topics and speakers so without further ado, here is Gary Zimmer, another one of our speakers, to preview his presentation about fitting the cover crop to the farm and how to make money doing it.

2025 National Cover Crop Summit to Feature Wide Variety of Educators

8-way cover crop mixes, overcoming moisture challenges are among the topics for upcoming online cover crop conference

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 23, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

The 2025 National Cover Crop Summit, a virtual event hosted by No-Till Farmer sister publication Cover Crop Strategies, is scheduled for March 18-20 and promises a strong lineup of innovative farmers and experts to help growers utilize covers better.

Earning the Right to Plant Cover Crops

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 9, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

Mackane Vogel here at the Acres Eco-Ag Conference and Trade Show in Madison, Wis., and for this week’s segment we are going to toss it off to Gary Zimmer to talk a little bit about his cover crop strategies.

Being Intentional with Cover Crops in Your Farm System

By Noah Newman posted on August 18, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

At last week’s National Strip-Tillage Conference in Madison, Wis., I had a chance to catch up with Gary Zimmer, also known as the father of biological farming, who was attending the conference in hopes of learning more about how strip-till can fit into his biological farming practices.

Conservation Ag Update

Cover Crops & Strip-Till Part of 200-Bushel Soybean Recipe

By Noah Newman posted on August 16, 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller and cover cropper Alex Harrell shares the main takeaway from his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield.

Soil Health

Focusing Solely on No-Till Misses the Point

Father of biological farming, Gary Zimmer, shares his controversial philosophy on no-till and common misconceptions about good soil health

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 29, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Regenerative agriculture has many different definitions. Practices such as no-till, cover crops, grazing and other soil health improvement strategies are often placed under different umbrellas of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture and several other similar titles.

'Father of Biological Agriculture' Gary Zimmer to Join Verde as Consultant

May 17, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Verde Resources

With decades of experience helping farmers regenerate their land in the U.S. and worldwide, Gary Zimmer has become synonymous with being the "father of biological agriculture," having founded and still serving as chief visionary officer of Midwestern BioAg.

Building Soils, Feeding Crops with Green and Brown Carbon

Feeding soil life and creating an ideal home for soil “livestock” improves soil structure and health, giving crops the ability to capture and retain more moisture, minerals and sunshine.

By Julia Gerlach posted on August 7, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Residue Management, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

As a dairy guy, I realized you have to treat soils like you would treat a cow. In a cow, we talk about digestion and give them feed. In soils, we talk about residues that have to be rotted down. But it’s still a biological system and there’s still minerals involved.

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What to Expect at 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference

The 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference takes place July 31-August 1 in Iowa City. In this video, past attendees and speakers share why they keep coming back! Head to StripTillConference.com to download the program and register for the 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference!

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Conservation in Action Tour 2025 -- Sioux Falls, S.D.

Date: 05/06/25

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From Sioux Falls, S.D. attendees will travel to innovative farms that showcase best practices in conservation agriculture, hear from inspiring speakers and experience behind-the-scenes industry stops that will make the 2025 planting season a memorable one.

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