Preventing Saline Soils
Lee Briese, a crop consultant from North Dakota, shares tips on how growers can prevent their soils from becoming saline in the first place.
Less Iron, More Cover Tames Tough Plains Soils
Brian and Alan Johnson turned to no-till, cover-crop cocktails and CRP to reclaim saline seeps and improve productivity in tough growing conditions.
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…
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