[Link] [Podcast] Betsy Bower: An Agronomist’s Take on No-Till
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we caught up with agronomist Betsy Bower to get an agronomist’s viewpoint …
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[Link] Black film mulching can replace transparent film mulching in crop production
Plastic film mulching systems are widely used in crop production because of great benefits in increasing crop yields, but transparent film mulching (T…
[Link] Fusarium Head Blight in Rotations – Farming Smarter
Farming Smarter joined Dr. Randy Kutcher, University of Saskatchewan Chair in Cereal and Flax Crop Pathology, to study fusarium head blight in …
[Link] Opportunities!
Join us as we showcase a farm that grew a small grain for seed this year and then immediately came back with a diverse cover crop mix.
[Link] Use of Mineral Weathering Bacteria to Enhance Nutrient Availability in Crops: A Review
Rock powders are low-cost potential sources of most of the nutrients required by higher plants for growth and development. However, slow dissolution r…
[Link] Ag sustainability technology makes connections
She explains that this documentation gets beyond simple marketing and narrative claims, allowing a grower to represent that production agriculture and…
[Link] Perennial groundcover mixes with row crop
Perennial groundcover systems couple a high-yielding annual row crop with a perennial grass groundcover, such as bluegrass or fescue. In this low-till…
[Link] Fixing tillage-damaged soils takes tough love
Dramatic improvements to soil structure will occur after tillage stops. It just takes time.
[Link] Let’s get intense — cattle producer amps the density in his system
Ryan Boyd will put 400 yearlings on a quarter-acre as part of a system to boost forage productivity.
[Link] Conflicting Stories, Messages Don’t Help Watersheds or No-Till Adoption
If we’re ever going to get anywhere with increasing conservation practices and fixing environmental issues in our watersheds we need to get consiste…