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2025 National No-Tillage Conference Delivers 'One of Best Programs Yet'

By Noah Newman posted on January 13, 2025 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing, Soil Health, Economics, Termination

"I've been coming to this conference for over 10 years and this was definitely one of the best programs yet," an attendee told No-Till Farmer technology editor Noah Newman as the conference wrapped up.

A Terrific National No-Tillage Conference Program — Offering Many, Many Profit-Building Reasons on Why You Need to Attend

Expect an energetic 4 days of non-stop learning in Louisville from leading no-tillers, agronomists, researchers & suppliers who will be sharing their most valuable ideas to help you get the most out of your 2025 no-till cropping program.

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 18, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

A longtime attendee at the National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC) recently told me our 2025 lineup of topics and speakers is among the very best in the entire 33-year history of this event.

No-Tillers Exchange Ideas, Successes & Failures at Big Soil Health Event

By Noah Newman posted on December 12, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Liz Haney. Russell Hedrick. Jerry Hatfield. Roy Pfaltzgraff. Lance Gunderson. David Kleinschmidt. Dan Luepkes. Sarah Martello. Talk about a cavalcade of All-Stars. With heavy hitters like those on the program, we knew this year’s Big Soil Health Event was once again going to be a can’t-miss event.

World Soil Day: Advancing Soil Health & Resilience

By John Dobberstein posted on December 5, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

The U.S. leads the world in no-tilled acres, while two nations with the highest populations, India and China, don’t even make the Top 5 list. India has the second most arable land in the world and China comes in fifth.

[Podcast] Are Cover Crop Monocultures Better than Multi-Species Mixtures?

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by GS3 Quality Seed, Washington State University agronomist Andrew McGuire discusses his extensive research on the pros and cons of using cover crop mixtures vs. monocultures.

By Mackane Vogel posted on June 28, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Termination

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by GS3 Quality Seed, Washington State University agronomist Andrew McGuire discusses his extensive research on the pros and cons of using cover crop mixtures vs. monocultures.

Wabash County SWCD Covering up to 10 Strip-Till Conference Registrations

June 13, 2024

Source: The Paper of Wabash County

The Wabash County SWCD Board of Supervisors are such believers in this event that they are going to pay for the cost of up to 10 registrations for the 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference — a $429 commitment per registration by the district.

Drones Find Niche with Seeding Cover Crops in Ohio

By John Fulton and Alex Thomas posted on June 4, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Ohio Country Journal

2024 will serve as the third year for using drones here in Ohio as a popular option to spread cover crops.

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Soil & Water Outcomes Fund Launches 5th Year of Farmer Enrollment

Program expands agricultural sustainability efforts to 28 states

March 8, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

The program enrolled over 300,000 acres and paid more than $10.5 million to farmers in 2023.

Why Don't More Farmers No-Till & Plant Cover Crops?

February 24, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farm Progress

Get 10, 100 or 1,000 farmers together who believe no-till and cover crops are the right way to farm. This question will come up: How can we get more people to change their attitudes about no-till and cover crops?