Proper winter maintenance of your no-till planter ensures accurate seed placement and emergence, leading to better stands and ...

There’s no doubt about it. When it comes to continuous no-till farming, this method has humbled the best-of-the-best soil scratchers at one time or another. For those no-till dabblers, it is important ...

At bottom, gardening is all about dirt — its care and feeding, its microbes and fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Science has gradually recognized that the soil’s vibrant but delicate food web must be ...

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At bottom, gardening is all about dirt — its care and feeding, its microbes and fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Science has gradually recognized that the soil’s vibrant but delicate food web must be ...

Many farmers are using no-till production to maximize precipitation capture and water saving in the soil. Some irrigators are just now learning to produce crops using dryland methods. An advantage of ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Some farmers are losing soil at an unsustainable rate, but not Terry Elsbernd. He is actually building soil on the land. About 15 years ago, he began using no-till practices on his ...

Penn State Extension in Lancaster County and the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance are sponsoring a workshop for new and existing no-till farmers who are interested in improving their crop production ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Precision guidance, autopilot and other precision agriculture technologies can give farmers yield advantages and input savings when implemented into certain cropping systems, ...

WAVERLY, Iowa --- Growing corn is about trade-offs to Mark Mueller. The rural Waverly farmer switched to no-till corn two years ago. Mueller knew yields would probably suffer at first, but the reward ...