No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...

How to Adjust Your Fertility Practices for No-Till and Cover Crops Residue might hamper uptake, surface cover slows soil warming and most cover crops raise the carbon penalty.

“No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices such as ...

Seiler cites two individuals who have been important mentors to him – David Brandt, an Ohio farmer who was a pioneer in the ...

Crimson clover can be used as a cover crop in corn, soybeans and wheat fields to improve soil health. Much of the research on regenerative farming practices, such as no-till or cover crops, has ...

Andy Linder is a custom cover crop applicator and no-till farmer in Easton, Minnesota. On his operation he has a three-crop rotation consisting of corn, soybeans and then a rotating canning crop.

The House and Senate passed the massive spending and tax bill that includes signature policies of President Trump's ...

One of those solutions could be no-till farming, she said. However, on the middle range of the scale, implementing no-till farming could cost farmers $500,000 to $750,000, mostly because of ...

— When it comes to no-till farming, getting the right equipment is key. Paul Jasa, extension engineer at the University of Nebraska, has been working with no-till crop production systems since 1978.

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the ...

A cover crop is any plant used to cover bare soil when not in use for another crop. So, while it can be anything, some plants are better than others for the practice of cover cropping.

She said no-till is the most beneficial crop practice for water and soil quality. “No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices ...