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Opening the Door to Change Sparks No-Tilling Success

By John Dobberstein posted on July 30, 2016 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing

Steve Tucker sees a profitable future for his no-till operation with a commitment to cropping diversity and keeping soils covered.

Pictured Above: ADDING UP. Steve Tucker has been thinking outside the box as of late with his no-till operation in western Nebraska, as he’s added numerous specialty crops and cover crops to his rotation and begun grazing livestock to increase soil health and boost income diversity

Steve Tucker still remembers driving around on the farm with his grandfather and hearing him say, “I should hope you never have to go through something like the 1930s…

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KEYWORDS corn yields grazing livestock increased cropping diversity seeding depth Yellow field peas
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John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is senior editor of No-Till Farmer magazine and the e-newsletter Dryland No-Tiller. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. He graduated with a B.A. in journalism and political science from Central Michigan University.

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