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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · World Ag News
A cover crop project involving students, businesses, and a farmer-led watershed group is helping the next generation of farmers show their older family members some new stewardship practices.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Weed Management · World Ag News
Virginia grower Paul Davis shares how he transitioned from no-till-only to a varied mix of covers and cash crops to reduce nutrient inputs and boost soil quality.
Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Legumes · Maize/Corn · Soybeans · World Ag News
Missouri producer MacCauley Kincaid started planting cover crops in 2014, primarily for the financial benefits he thought they would provide. It took time, but they paid off.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · Weed Management · World Ag News
No-till, cover crops, combining tools and investing in fast equipment keep this Delta no-tiller trimming expenses and building soil health.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
the cash crop is planted into a perennial pasture instead of into bare soil. There is no need to plough out the pasture species as weeds or kill them with herbicides before
Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Maize/Corn · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Jason Strand isn’t farming for bushels, and he’s pleased with his 60-acre field, which he hopes can highlight soil health principles and the idea that farming and ranching success isn’t always tied
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Focusing on soil health is nothing new to Shuter. He switched to no-till 38 years ago, when the untested practice drew criticism from neighbors. He began strip-tilling in front of corn 15
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
“In the beginning, I didn’t think it was related at all, when I started farming in 1985,” says Barry, thinking back on the degree he received from South Dakota State University. “In
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
“It takes three to five years to really become comfortable with the systems change and to begin to see the soil health benefits,” Dwyer says.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
What brought Wallaces Farmer to the Rottinghaus farm was an innovative installation he made on his operation. Rottinghaus has installed a saturated buffer in a waterway — not near a stream, which