Cover Crop Planting & Termination Best Practices
In our latest edition of the No-Till Farmer Newsletter, you may have seen our No-Till Innovator Special Report which includes tips and advice from expert no-tillers, agronomists and researchers.
Making no-till practices work on the Johnson farm near Frankfort, S.D., has been a study in contrasts.
When Brian Johnson’s father, Alan, first implemented no-till on the family’s farm 28 years ago, the goal was to conserve scant rains early in the growing season to bring corn, soybeans and wheat through typically a hot, dry end of the growing season.
And by eliminating tillage and maintaining a crop residue layer, the family accomplished moisture-retention goals…