No-Till, Less Fallow May Be Cooling Plains and Canada, Researcher Says

April 15, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

A Montana State University researcher says no-till practices and a trend toward removal of fallowed acres may be contributing to cooling in the northern Plains that contradicts the so-called global warming trend.

Swapping Fallow for Covers Boosts No-Till, Dryland Margins

John Heermann is using cover-crop mixes and a diverse, flexible crop rotation to eliminate summerfallow and improve the bottom line.

By John Dobberstein posted on October 26, 2015

A few years ago, John Heermann sat down to do his annual budgeting ahead of the next cropping season and sensed a problem was brewing.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Covers, Continuous Cropping Advance No-Till Game

Dan Buerkle finds benefits of a continuous cropping system have ramped up soil health and made weed control more economical and effective.

By Dan Buerkle and Martha Mintz posted on May 18, 2015 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Leaving fields in fallow, and heavily tilling to keep them that way, is a deeply ingrained tradition in the often-parched southeastern corner of Montana, where I farm with my wife of 41 years, Lana.

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Stay Tuned On Covers, Summerfallow

By John Dobberstein posted on April 24, 2014

If you carry crop insurance and have considered seeding cover crops on your summerfallowed acres, do your homework this spring before hauling out that drill or air seeder.

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Make Farming Fun Again with Cover Crops & Regenerative Agriculture

No-Till Legend Steve Groff says regenerative agriculture allows him to have fun with cover crop mixes and build soil health at the same time. Here’s Groff, waist deep in his cover crop field, to tell you a little bit more about his cover crop mix of hairy vetch and black oats and his regenerative ag philosophy.

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