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More Double-Cropping Means More No-Till

By Frank Lessiter posted on May 27, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

With a push by the Biden administration to expand double-cropped acres by 100% over the next 8 years, you can bet most of this anticipated increase will be no-tilled. After all, farmers have long recognized no-till makes the most economic, cost-cutting and environmental sense when double-cropping wheat and soybeans.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

A Story Worth Telling

In case you missed it, yet another powerful testimonial to the benefits of no-till practices aired recently, this time on a major cable TV channel.

By John Dobberstein posted on September 28, 2017 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

In case you missed it, yet another powerful testimonial to the benefits of no-till practices aired recently, this time on a major cable TV channel.

The Hope in Healthy Soil: How Do You Plant Without Plowing?

May 16, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

This video from the USDA explains how no-till planters work and how no-tilling results in a wide range of on- and off-farm benefits.

No-Till Advances Conservation Efforts

November 29, 2012

Source: By Frank Lessiter, Editor

In looking at all of the major developments in American agriculture over the past 75 years, no-till has to be ranked close to the top.

The Wall Street Journal Weighs In On No-Till Adoption, Drought

October 18, 2012

The practice of no-till planting has a firm foothold among American farmers, but many of them aren't using it full time and there are big obstacles that may limit how far it spreads.

Michigan Study Confirms Benefits Of Strip-Till, No-Till

February 14, 2011

Source: Michigan Ag Connection

A recent study that compared conventional tillage to strip-till and no-till showed that farmers who practice environmentally-friendly tillage practices can also save money.

Direct-Seeder Sees Many No-Till Benefits

May 17, 2010

Source: The Observer of La Grande, Ore.

As early as 1980, the Melvilles — Kevin’s dad Tim, and he and his brother — were exploring a sustainable farming practice called direct seeding, which is a method of planting and fertilizing done with no prior tilling to prepare the soil.

Plenty Of Positives With No-Till System

February 15, 2010 | Posted in Soil Health

Imagine an agricultural production system that functions as a conservation program, keeping land in production while providing potentially high yields, all at a relatively low cost. Say hello to no-till.

Needed: New Ways To Expand No-TIll Acres!

Here's what veterans say about the advantages of no-tilling, concerns keeping other farmers from trying it and their thoughts on expanding no-till acres.

By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2000 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

“I don't get it,” a leading farm magazine editor said to me at the conclusion of the seventh National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis, Mo., in January of 1999.

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Sustainable Agriculture Summit Shines Light on No-Till, Strip Till & Cover Crops

During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.

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