No-Till Farmer's Mike Lessiter met in Washington, D.C. on March 12th with the new NRCS Chief, Matthew Lohr. In part 3 of this video we discuss the adoption of no-till farming across the country and the incentives and cost sharing options available to farmers interested in making the change.
Multi-Tasking Cover Crops Suppress Weeds, Help Boost No-Tilled Soils
For this episode, we are going to Nelson, Missouri to visit with Alan Weber as he discusses his use of cereal rye and other cover crops on his farm. Weber runs a diversified crop and livestock operation and he’s found cereal rye especially useful in reducing pigweed and waterhemp pressure.