Articles Tagged with ''sustainable agriculture''

Most Commonly Grown Cover Crop: Rye

April 2, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: North Dakota State University Extension press release

As a cover crop, rye is particularly useful because it establishes quickly under a wide range of conditions and is a winter annual that has the potential to provide green cover in the fall and the spring prior to the planting of a spring-sown crop. Sometimes, however, a cover crop of rye can reduce the yield of a following cash crop if not properly managed. Read more in this article from North Dakota State University.

[Video] Applying Sustainability to Your Farm

March 17, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Implementing sustainable agriculture practices in your operation can improve profitability and environmental stewardship. Viewing your operation has a holistic system is the first step to achieving sustainability on your farm.

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Same Old Conservation Ideas, Just New Words to Describe Them

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 14, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

While there’s increasing emphasis on “sustainable agriculture” and “soil health,” these four buzzwords tend to ruffle the feathers of veteran no-tillers and others like myself who have followed the no-till movement for nearly a half century. It’s because we recognize that earlier generations of no-tillers were the original true innovators behind these “not-so-new” concepts that go back to the 1960s.

Montag Manufacturing Enters Cover Crop Application Business with New Fortifier 2212

August 25, 2017

Source: Montag Mfg.

Montag Mfg. and Hagie Mfg. have come together in a joint marketing agreement, bringing together the industry leading STS line and Montag's new Generation 2 dry delivery system to the cover crop application business.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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