Mike and Robert McClellan keep their soils healthy and productive with intensive rotations, elimination of summer fallow and double cropping.

A no-till who replaced summerfallow with field peas has nearly doubled water-use efficiency in winter wheat without a yield reduction.

Production of grain-type field peas is continuing to grow as it becomes an alternative to summerfallow in semi-arid, cereal-based cropping systems, say experts from Colorado and Kansas State universities and the University of Nebraska.

Comparing water efficiency data with numerous cropping systems can help you determine which rotations are best suited to maximize available moisture and improve profitability.

A Montana State University researcher says no-till practices and a trend toward removal of fallowed acres may be contributing to cooling in the northern Plains that contradicts the so-called global warming trend.

When it comes to rejuvenating worn fields and pastures in the southern Plains, there were plenty of ideas shared among the nearly 200 people attending the Southern Soil Health Conference this week in Ardmore, Okla.

I must admit to playing a little catch-up after spending all of last week in Springfield, Ill., working with my colleagues at No-Till Farmer to host the 22nd annual National No-Tillage Conference. Our second-largest crowd ever with 1,024 attendees took in 4 days of no-till learning at the Springfield Hilton. While there were plenty of familiar faces, we still saw 408 first-time attendees. More than 500 first-timers were on hand last year at the NNTC in Indianapolis.