New Mexico grower Zachary Cordel and farm manager Nick Pipkin say grain crops are proving to be good soil holders, while reduced tillage and manure applications are building organic matter.
Zachary Cordel already appreciated no-tilling from his days on the farm with his father in Cocker City, Kan., north of Salina. During the 5 years Zachary spent at college, and a subsequent 2 years of missionary work, his father went from tilling fields on their farm to becoming excited about conservation and stewarding the land, and he's now no-tilled for 12 years.
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