HEALTHY SOILS. Gordon Smiley (left) and his brother Jeff have no-tilled soybeans for 15 years, but only no-tilled corn starting in 2011. They’ve found that seeding cover crop cocktails in the fall — and following that with manure applications — feeds soil biological activity year round. “It’s been an evolution,” Gordon says. “We’re starting to feed the soil instead of feeding the plants, as they say.”
Having no-tilled soybeans for many years, Gordon and Jeff…
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