No-till

Pull the Plug on Planting Green if Weather is Unseasonably Warm?

April 13, 2023

Source: Penn State Extension

Research from Penn State and other institutions shows that planting green significantly dries the top three inches in the soil profile compared to planting into cover crops killed a week or more pre-plant, because the growing cover crop transpires and draws water out of the root zone.

New Strip-Till, No-Till, Cover Crops Equipment on Display at National Farm Machinery Show

By Noah Newman posted on February 20, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Product Innovations & Introductions

Our editorial team made the trip to Louisville, Ky., for the National Farm Machinery Show. The Kentucky Expo Center was packed with the latest cutting edge technology and product innovations for strip-tillers and no-tillers.

Ryan Heiniger Joins Conservation Technology Information Center as Executive Director

November 28, 2022

Heiniger is a fourth-generation Iowa farmer, wildlife biologist, and has been a non-profit leader for more than two decades. CTIC board chair Mark White of Syngenta says Heiniger's combination of on-the-ground conservation experience and history of leadership in conservation-oriented organizations made him the perfect choice for the role.

[Podcast] Mechanical Engineer Joe Hamilton Goes All in on Cover Crops

August 10, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

For this episode of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by Verdesian Life Sciences, we’re joined by Joe Hamilton, a mechanical engineer for 12 years before returning to the farm in 2015. He farms about 2,500 acres, growing corn and soybeans with his family in East Central Indiana.

[Podcast] Catching up with Wisconsin No-Tiller Dean Weichmann at the Jefferson County Field Day

April 13, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

On this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by La Crosse Seed, associate editor Noah Newman catches up with the event’s organizer, Dean Weichmann, who shares his biggest takeaways from the day.

[Podcast] Using Cover Crops Where Winter Goes Long

February 25, 2022 | Posted in Economics

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Montag Manufacturing, features grower David Miller, Red Lake Falls, Minn. Miller will discuss how he utilizes interseeding, relay cropping and polycropping, what his goals are for no-till and cover crops, growing with only 20 inches of annual precipitation, and more.

USDA to Spend $1 Billion For Climate Funding, Including Cover Crops

February 7, 2022

Projects must focus on the on-farm, on-ranch or forest production of commodities and show reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission or carbon sequestration as a benefit. The project description specifically mentions cover crops, no-till and low-till among the projects favored for selection, but indicates they won’t be enough by themselves.

Christian County farmers John and Alexander Young stand in front of the historical marker where Harry Young planted his first commercial crop of no-till corn

Kentucky Takes Center Stage on No-Till’s 60th Anniversary

October 21, 2021

In 2022, farmers across the United States will come to Louisville, Ky., to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Christian County farmer Harry Young’s first commercial no-till planting during the National No-Tillage Conference.

[Podcast] Covers Combined with No-Till are Effective at Carbon Sequestration

This week’s podcast, sponsored by GS3 Quality Seed, features Jay Norton, Professor and Extension Specialist in Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming. Norton will discuss what soil management practices remove carbon from the atmosphere to permanently store it as soil organic carbon, why soil organic carbon is critical for agriculture, how plants fix carbon in their roots and more.

September 14, 2021 | Posted in Economics

This week’s podcast, sponsored by GS3 Quality Seed, features Jay Norton, Professor and Extension Specialist in Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming. Norton will discuss what soil management practices remove carbon from the atmosphere to permanently store it as soil organic carbon, why soil organic carbon is critical for agriculture, how plants fix carbon in their roots and more.