[Link] Handling the transition to reduced tillage
One of the biggest benefits of reduced tillage is that it leaves more residue on the soil surface to protect it in extreme weather, and promotes fungi…
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[Link] Farmer Focus: Crops back after battling frost and winds
We have seen a huge improvement in our crops in the past month. Crops went from frost- and wind-ravaged to dark green and full of potential after welc…
[Link] Agroecologist Nicole Masters discusses vermicompost, microbial quorum sensing, and more!
Nicole Masters is an internationally recognized agroecologist from New Zealand. Fortified by her studies in ecology and plant physiology, Nicole curre…
[Link] Repairing our relationship with soil
If soil is a measure of the quality of our relationship we have with the earth, then it is time we had some emergency relationship counselling.
[Link] Wheat benefits crop rotations
A new study shows that including wheat once every four years in rotations with corn and soybean can have many benefits.
[Link] Building Soil & Community
Anne and Landon Plagge are using their cover crop and small-grain expertise to strengthen their farm and local community.
[Link] Cover crops may replicate zero till for flea beetle control
Zero till has been identified as way to discourage the insects, and some wonder if cover crops provide similar benefits
[Link] Forages give us a pretty sweet deal
But there are many more benefits to forage crops, and it’s on all of us to help our neighbors understand the bigger picture.
[Link] Yes, we need more clover. Here’s why!
Nowadays, farmers and environmentalists laud the plant for its extraordinary benefits. Not only do we avoid spraying it or otherwise trying to kill it…
[Link] Conservation-minded farmers making difference to protect soils and waterways
“They want to keep the soil on their farms. Back in my grandfather’s day we used the plow and the disc and ran over it again with the disc. Now we…
