Check out this Tweet from no-tiller Sean Arians as he wraps up planting for 2024. He says that his rye cover crop stand was so consistent that he almost wanted to harvest it!

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When assessing corn stands, several representative areas should be evaluated in each field. Documenting areas with emergence problems via GPS and photos tagged with geographical coordinates can be useful for future decisions.

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Oklahoma State University (OSU) scientists say their research shows the kind of bag used to hold soil samples and how quickly samples get to the lab can change soil test results.

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In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies #podcast , Faulkton, S.D., grower Alex Frasier, as he discusses his unique practice of interseeding a cover crop mix into soybeans

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In this episode of the No-Till Farmer #podcast , Muncie, Ind., farmer Joe Hamilton shares the lessons he learned after the switch from conventional tillage to no-till in year 1 and beyond.

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Check out this YouTube Short of an International 5488 Tractor pulling a Case_IH model 1200 planter. Filmed near Platteville, Wis., this farm was no-tilling soybeans into a field that was corn last year.

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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, find out how several no-tillers are handling a wet month across parts of the Corn Belt.

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It’s a similar story in SE Wis., where longtime no-tiller Tyler Troiola got almost 2 in. of rain in one day. Throw in a tractor glitch, and it’s been a challenging spring so far. But thanks to no-till, Tyler’s fields aren’t completely covered in puddles. ow.ly/N3ee50RUC4t

Ag conservation consultant Dan Towery and Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff will talk about how to get started, equipment choices, the best time for interseeding, what cover crop species work best and more.

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In this Cab Cam, Dusty Sonnenberg of Ohio’s Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net heads to Henry County for a unique site as Kent Sonnenberg plants into six-foot and taller cover crops. Tune in for the reasons why and what advantages they find in their system. ow.ly/MSrb50RUC35

These new pants from Ag-Gear are branded as the “cultivator pant,” a name that might have no-tillers considering a pantsless field pass.

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The following is an interview with Wisconsin no-tiller Allan Brooks that appeared in the Badger Common'Tater, a publication of the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association. ow.ly/arxW50RUBXH

Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor and Extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research, conceptualized the soil health cycle (SHC) as a soil health management cycle to achieve agricultural sustainability.

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This edition of Ag Tire Talk with James Tuschner asks tire manufacturers about key differences and important takeaways regarding ag tire tracks. ow.ly/qFV850RUBTw

One guy who’d love to get some of this rain we’ve been talking about, is Robert Boyle. He only gets about 7 inches of rain out in Coolidge, Ariz. But that’s not stopping him from using cover crops and strip-till.

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No-Till Living Legend and 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick shows the downstream impact of water and soil cascading from tilled fields in Vincennes, Ind.

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📺 FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Here’s a look back at Jodi DeJong-Hughes’ 2022 presentation on compaction. DeJong-Hughes will share data from comparative tillage studies at this year’s Strip-Till Conference, Aug. 8 in Madison, Wis.

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Over the last 5 years, No-Till Legend, No-Till Innovator and longtime independent on-farm researcher Marion Calmer has been examining fertility levels vertically in the soil profile on his Alpha, Ill., farm.

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In this webinar replay, 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, welcomed a Ukrainian no-tiller named Konstantin, who shared the challenges of farming in wartime.

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