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How Minnesota Farmers Increased Residue Coverage by 28% in 4 Years

Tracking the use of practices like reduced tillage and cover crops that promote healthy soil is challenging but critical to gauge progress towards regional and state goals. Farmers are reducing tillage and increasing soil cover. We see more residue cover on the field, nearly doubling from 36% in 2016 to 64%.
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Multiple Sprayer Tips Pay Off

With timely application of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, nutrients, micronutrients, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides & biologicals, no-tillers earn higher returns with frequent sprayer trips.
A no-tiller cropping 2,500 acres and doing his own chemical application work could run a sprayer over 10,000 or more acres during the growing season.
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Long-term Studies Indicate ‘The More the Merrier’ in Crop Rotations

Studies spanning 60-years of data show farms are more resilient to the vagaries of markets, policy meddling and weather with more diverse crop rotations.
A recent report from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has some interesting insights on the benefits of crop rotations, but researchers caution the “long view” is needed to fully capitalize on such improvements.
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