Brian O'Connor was the Lead Content Editor for Conservation Agriculture in November 2021. He previously worked in daily print journalism for more than a decade in places as far flung as Alaska and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he shared a national award for coverage of two Category 5 hurricanes that struck the islands in 2017. He's also taught English in Korea, delivered packages for Amazon, and coordinated Wisconsin election night coverage for the Associated Press. His first job was on a Southeast Wisconsin farm.

NASS Survey: Confidence, Benefits Exceeding Cost Motivate Cover Cropping

By Brian O'Connor posted on November 1, 2022 | Posted in Economics

A recent survey of 34,000 U.S. producers found that about 59% are using cover crops on an average of 40% of their acres.

Seeding Rye? You may Already be Too Late.

By Brian O'Connor posted on October 24, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

Seeding winter rye too late is a major contributor to its failure, according to a University of Wisconsin organic farming expert.

Midwest Cover Crops Council Offers Two New Recipes

The recipes in question are aimed at Minnesota, and they're intended for post-corn-silage use going into corn and soybeans. The recipes call for special handling of any fall fertilizer soil treatments, including manure.

Fertility Expert Harold Reetz Dies at 74

By Brian O'Connor posted on August 18, 2022

Reetz, a No-Till Farmer Innovator in 2010, was seminal to integrating high technology into his research into no-till. He was also a past speaker at the National No-Tillage Conference.

K-State Pumpkin Study Shows Cover Crop Benefits For Horticulture

The study looked a pumpkin plots in Kansas, where the Halloween staple is frequently grown in rotation following soybeans, and are a staple of agritourism, according to the study published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal.

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Hitting the Road — Editors Prepare for Upcoming Farm Visits

As the weather heats up and farmers everywhere get busier, the editorial team and I are getting plans squared away to hit the road and travel to several farms and field days in the coming months. In case you missed the content last time around, here’s a clip from a conversation I had last year with Elizabethtown, Pa., no-tiller Jim Hershey.

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