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What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Focus on Organic Matter, Flexibility Keeps No-Till Farm One Step Ahead

A wide range of equipment and strategies are employed for applying nutrients, managing cover crops and getting the job done.

By Nick Guetterman and Martha Mintz posted on June 10, 2017 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

A wide range of equipment and strategies are employed for applying nutrients, managing cover crops and getting the job done.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till Lays Foundation for Consistent Crops, Rain or Shine

Financial challenges pushed Mike Belan’s family into conservation practices, but the Ontario no-tiller is focusing on improving soil health to propel the farm forward.

By Mike Belan and Martha Mintz posted on April 15, 2017 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

High interest rates were the push my dad and uncle needed to make the switch to no-till on our farm. They had long raised wheat, corn and soybeans on our generally flat Brookston clay fields that sit just 30 miles north and south, respectively of Lake Erie and Lake Huron.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crops Transform Challenging Acres to Efficient Yield Leaders

No-tilling and cover cropping help Mark Turner reduce fertility needs and take fields considered too poor to grow corn to 200-bushel yields.

By Mark Turner and Martha Mintz posted on January 14, 2017 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Pastures used to help hold the soil in place on the rolling hills that dominate our Kentucky farm. My dad raised cattle, so he would rotate fields between corn and hay. When he eventually retired, he liquidated the herd and shifted to row crops.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Cover Crops and Wheat Pull Farm Out of a Yield Rut

Yields had stalled for Dick and Chris Nissen until no-till, tiling, cover crops and wheat helped them manage water issues and improve their soils.

By Chris Nissen and Martha Mintz posted on November 19, 2016 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Our farm hit a plateau in the 1990s. Yields were flat and we just weren’t making the gains we thought we should be. It’s not that we sought out no-till as the magic solution; we just knew we had to try something different, as conventional tillage wasn’t cutting it.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Adding Cattle Yields Surprising No-Till Results

Once a no-tiller by necessity, John Stigge continues to push the limits of his Kansas farm by experimenting with cover-crop mixes and grazing cattle.

May 14, 2016

DESPERATION pushed us into no-till. It was the early 1980s and it wasn’t a great time to be a farmer. It also wasn’t a great time to need new equipment, which we did, unfortunately. We were out of money so instead of buying big new tractors and heavy new tillage implements, we made a few tweaks to our planter, took a deep breath and started no-tilling our crops.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Extended No-Till Rotations, Cover Crops Rack Up Cost Savings

Chuck Zumbrun counts herbicides, insecticides and traited seed among inputs he’s slashed significantly by adding wheat and cover crops to his rotation.

February 15, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

I’ve found with many of my endeavors in no-till that I’d implement a practice for one reason, only to reap unexpected benefits and switch gears to further pursue those benefits. This applies to no-till itself, too.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crop ‘Epiphany’ Helps No-Till Take Another Step

A trip to North Dakota a few years ago sparked a new revolution for Curtis Furr’s decades-old no-till system.

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 1, 2012

My father and grandfather started experimenting with no-till in the late 1960s with the primary goal of stopping erosion. The steep hills we farm would simply wash away when you worked them up.

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What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Focus on Organic Matter, Flexibility Keeps No-Till Farm One Step Ahead

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till Lays Foundation for Consistent Crops, Rain or Shine

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crops Transform Challenging Acres to Efficient Yield Leaders

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Cover Crops and Wheat Pull Farm Out of a Yield Rut

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Adding Cattle Yields Surprising No-Till Results

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Extended No-Till Rotations, Cover Crops Rack Up Cost Savings

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crop ‘Epiphany’ Helps No-Till Take Another Step

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