Bucking No-Till Tradition with Compost, Continuous Cropping

Compost extract, crop rotation & spoon-fed nutrients are key to Franck Groeneweg’s efforts to boost soil livestock on the venerable former Wheat Montana farm

By John Dobberstein posted on December 23, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Throughout his farming career, which has spanned from France to Canada to the U.S., Franck Groeneweg’s goal has been making his family’s farm operation better.

Achieving Picket-Fence Stands with Precise Seed Placement

Veteran grower Tom Cannon from Blackwell, Okla., shares tips on how his forensic-level approach to planting and seeding pave the way for success with no-tilling ‘green’ into covers on every acre.

By Dan Crummett posted on February 26, 2021 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

When avid hunter and outdoorsman Tom Cannon was in his mid-20s, he experimented with no-till and interseeded food plots to attract white-tailed deer and other game on his family’s ranch near the small town of Newkirk in north-central Oklahoma.

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