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No soil is too wet or cold for no-till
2016-03-31 18:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
No-till continues to make converts regardless of soils and northern climates. West-central Wisconsin farmer Carl Oberholtzer has made no-till work. It's been a learning experience that has helped him maintain soil organic matter, with hopes of growing it as he incorporates cover crops. read more
From plow to no-till
2015-10-23 23:39:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Farmer finds his way to make no-till and cover crops work to grow OM and protect soil. Twenty-four years of continuous no-till, plus a decade of cover cropping, has largely halted water erosion on Dan Gillespie's farm in northeastern Nebraska, he says. Soil biological activity is flourishing and soil organic matter has climbed by more than a third. read more
2015 Conservation Legacy Awards: Long-term no-till and cover crops result in top corn and soybean yields on this Iowa farm
2015-03-04 23:58:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
By Dean Houghton Reward for resilience The journey toward sustainable high yields has been a long one at this farm, located near Wellman, Iowa. The familys first no-till field was planted nearly 40 years ago, and the entire farm was 100% no-till by 1990. Cover crops (primarily cereal rye) have been used for more than 10 years. read more
Farmer uses no-till, twin rows, crop strips, RTK, controlled traffic to keep soil healthy, yields up
2015-02-05 19:41:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Fencerow farming: Put soil first Dean Glenney set out to replicate the undisturbed fencerow soils he recalled plowing up in his youth. Along the way, he began producing record-breaking yields under low inputs, giving him returns considerably greater than neighboring conventional systems. read more
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No-till can help save beneficials in your soil
2014-12-23 20:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
The case for no-till keeps on building. Tillage is increasingly viewed as destructive to soil structure and detrimental to root colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), an important player in supplying plants with phosphorous. AMF is also credited with production of glomalin, the glue that holds soil aggregates together. read more