Martha Mintz

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Leading With Experience: Nitrate Reduction Strategies

By Martha Mintz posted on April 25, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

For me, adoption of some conservation practices took a little nudge from nature.

Cover Crop Impact: Forty Years of Less Tillage, More Plants

By Martha Mintz posted on March 28, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Tiling and cover crops help remediate unproductive saline seeps.

Cover Crops, Relay Crops & Carbon Boosting Practices Help Fight Weeds in No-Till System

By Martha Mintz posted on September 23, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

Carbon is the foundation upon which Hank McGowan is building a farm he believes will be increasingly resilient, low-input, high-production, and financially and environmentally beneficial.

Finding Your ‘ROI’ With Cover Crops In No-Till Systems

Cover-crop expert Dave Robison is working to generate some hard numbers to quantify the much-touted benefits of individual covers and cover-crop mixes on no-till operations.

By Martha Mintz posted on April 7, 2020 | Posted in Economics

Rattling off the list of cover crop benefits may require stopping for a breath of air or two to get it all out.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Along with Longer Rotations, Makes for Great Grazing and Improving Soils

A balance of cash crops and forage mixes used for intensive grazing helps keep Plum Thicket Farms moving in the right direction.

By Martha Mintz and Patrick Petersen posted on July 25, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

We weren’t farmers when my family moved to northwest Nebraska in 1995. I grew up in the mountains of Colorado with my mom, Nancy, who was working as a veterinarian and my dad, Rex, an architect.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Negotiating Challenges and Opportunities When Combining No-Till and Dairy

Cover crops and strategic nutrient-cycling rotations help manage manure, while twin-row cropping tackles late-germinating weeds.

By Kent Stuckey and Martha Mintz posted on June 9, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In the last 10 years I’ve seen no-till declining in my area. I simply don’t understand it, maybe it’s the draw of recreational tillage as we like to call it, but to me it’s just not sustainable in the long run.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Working with At-Risk Soils Leads to Experimentation and No-Till Success

Adding cover crops, winter wheat and making key equipment changes help keep soils in place in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.

By Roger Bindl and Martha Mintz posted on May 12, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices

While I only truly count myself as being a no-tiller for the past 8 years since I started farming on my own, I’m no stranger to the practice. Of the 210 acres I farm, all but 38 acres are considered Highly Erodible Lands (HEL). The land my father, Wayne “Buzz” Bindl, farmed was similar and I’m sure this was one of the driving reasons he started no-tilling back in the early 1980s.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cattle, Cover Crops, No-Till and Improved Soil Health Provide Returns

Fifth generation of Doans keeping North Dakota’s Black Leg Ranch abundant with diverse business plan of cattle, crops and agritourism.

By Martha Mintz and Jerry Doan posted on March 10, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Some of the soils I helped farm as a child in southwestern North Dakota are probably somewhere in South Dakota now. I grew up in the era of wheat and summer fallow. A lot of the ground around here is very sandy and marginal. Did it ever blow when we were tilling. I remember as a kid getting sent with a disc or a drag to try and make it stop blowing. It seemed so futile, and it was.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Cover Crops and Careful Nutrient Management Benefit Farm and Watershed Alike

Decades of conservation practices have helped Chip Bowling be a more successful and environmentally sensitive farmer.

By Chip Bowling and Martha Mintz posted on September 16, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health

Decades of conservation practices have helped Chip Bowling be a more successful and environmentally sensitive farmer.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crops, Water Management are This Longtime No-Tiller’s Latest Tricks

Kelly Tobin, 85, has long been dedicated to learning, and is still picking up new tricks to advance production on his farm and others he manages.

By Kelly Tobin and Martha Mintz posted on August 19, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health

Kelly Tobin, 85, has long been dedicated to learning, and is still picking up new tricks to advance production on his farm and others he manages.

Martha Mintz

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Leading With Experience: Nitrate Reduction Strategies

Cover Crop Impact: Forty Years of Less Tillage, More Plants

Cover Crops, Relay Crops & Carbon Boosting Practices Help Fight Weeds in No-Till System

Finding Your ‘ROI’ With Cover Crops In No-Till Systems

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Along with Longer Rotations, Makes for Great Grazing and Improving Soils

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Negotiating Challenges and Opportunities When Combining No-Till and Dairy

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Working with At-Risk Soils Leads to Experimentation and No-Till Success

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cattle, Cover Crops, No-Till and Improved Soil Health Provide Returns

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Cover Crops and Careful Nutrient Management Benefit Farm and Watershed Alike

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crops, Water Management are This Longtime No-Tiller’s Latest Tricks

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