Tag: no-till

[Link] Wind erosion and nutrient loss: How much soil is moving and what could that cost farmers?

Overall, these preliminary data indicates that management makes a difference: leaving residue on a field or planting cover crops, and less aggressive …

KindHarvest Team April 27, 2022

[Link] [Podcast] Eileen Kladivko, Earthworm Godmother

Today’s agenda is worms: Earthworms, red worms, nightcrawlers, and other kinds of worms and the impact the have on no-tilled soils.

KindHarvest Team April 22, 2022

[Link] West Texas Farmers Look to Regenerative Agriculture to Fight Extreme Weather

Some West Texas farmers have turned to regenerative farming techniques to improve their land and crops as extreme heat, strong winds and drought condi…

KindHarvest Team April 18, 2022

[Link] What should we focus on, high input costs or dealing with climate change? Why not do both?

When you work on climate change issues and agriculture, you never know what you’re going to get hit with when you go to the coffee shop.

KindHarvest Team March 22, 2022

[Link] No-Till Remains Strong, High Interest in Biologicals, Love-Hate with Covers?

No-Till Farmer’s annual benchmark survey received 480 responses from growers in the U.S. and Canada.

KindHarvest Team February 23, 2022

[Link] A look at no-till research: Ohio’s prominent role in the U.S. and around the world

The first time Glover Triplett took his wife to see the new no-till research plots in 1962, the corn was about a foot tall, and the ground was littere…

KindHarvest Team February 2, 2022

[Link] Olsons take on cover crops, no-till in northwestern Minnesota

Robert Olson Farms Inc. near Hawley, Minn., is bucking that long-held belief by practicing no-till on all of its 2,300 acres of corn, soybeans and whe…

KindHarvest Team January 27, 2022

[Link] No-Till Good for Present & Future of Farming in Australia

Bob Freebairn, an agricultural consultant based in Coonabarabran, Australia, sees the short-term and long-term benefits of no-tilling in a world faced…

KindHarvest Team January 12, 2022

[Link] Danish Farmer Sees No-Till as Farming ‘Based on Common Sense’

Knud Bay-Smidt, one of the few no-tillers in Denmark, asks the European Union to move away from its new Green Deal.

KindHarvest Team January 11, 2022

[Link] 5 Keys to Success for Roller-Crimping Covers in Organic No-Till

From getting a thick stand of cover crops to terminating them at the right time, roller-crimping experts explain the key components for weed control i…

KindHarvest Team January 10, 2022