[Link] Fix Your Mix: Using Management Goals to Create Diverse Cover Crop Seed Mixes
In this webinar, Keith Berns of Green Cover Seed discusses cover crop seed mix design from beginning to end. The webinar includes a discussion of cove…
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[Link] Microbes and plants: A dynamic duo
Drought stress has been a major roadblock in crop success, and this obstacle will not disappear anytime soon. Luckily, a dynamic duo like Batman and R…
[Link] No-Till and Direct Seeding in the Palouse
No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with the production ag manager for the Spokane Conservation District, Ty Meyer, who discusses how no-till g…
[Link] Specialty crops in focus
According to Jim Todd, industrial crop specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), there are lots of reasons …
[Link] Dairy herd helps achieve good arable soils and low inputs
Integrating dairy and arable is proving to be a successful strategy for promoting soil health, reducing reliance on chemical inputs and tackling grass…
[Link] Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture
"It has always been about the economic return for the farmer; now we’re trying to pull sustainability into that," AGCO’s new (and first) director …
[Link] Cover crops offer potential grazing benefit for cattle operations
Many Oklahoma ranchers have been reaping the benefits of feed cost and overall animal wellbeing by having cover crops available as forage resources he…
[Link] No tillage and previous residual plastic mulching with reduced water and nitrogen supply reduces soil carbon emission and enhances productivity of following wheat in arid irrigation areas
No tillage, optimal nitrogen and irrigation supply levels, and crop rotation are promising strategies for reducing soil carbon emission, and plastic m…
[Link] Importance of soil biodiversity remains ‘largely underestimated’
About one-quarter of all biodiversity can be found in the soil. But despite being one of the main ‘global reservoirs’ of biodiversity, the soil is…
[Link] S Farmer Interview – Mitchell Hora
I’m a 7th generation farmer from Ainsworth, Southeast Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State University in 2017 in Agronomy and Ag System Technology…