A no-till expert and former Dakota Lakes Research Farm manager shared his studied insights at a southeast Minnesota soil health tour stop. Dwayne Beck, retired research manager at Dakota Lakes ...
Heather and Jeff Figurelli’s farm may only be 11 acres, but it’s already made a big impact in its three short years of ...
Local farmers, Farmers for Soil Health, The Nature Conservancy and the Ohio No-Till Council met at Burkholder Farms and discussed soil practices in the field Tuesday in Lima. LIMA — Farmers from area ...
MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...
IDAHO FALLS (AP) | This will be Gordon Gallup's 30th season of no-till planting on his 3,000-acre Ririe farm. Gallup, who grows wheat, barley and alfalfa, said using no-till methods has helped him ...
The onset of no-till farming has created a different demand in farm equipment, but a lot of farmers are still using conventional equipment to till their fields, said Brad Victor, owner of Victor's Inc ...
Not only does it kill everything in the soil it ruins the soil structure causing a shift in the aggregate that does not allow for proper water absorption and risks runoff, and limits the space for ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The PBS series “Travels and Traditions” is airing a special program on sustainable farming. The show features Stefan Soloviev, the founder of Crossroads Agriculture, an ...
May can be a fraught month for Vermont farmers, as the weather wavers between summer sunshine, chilly downpours and night temperatures that threaten to paint the ground with frost. Hours are packed ...
I sat down to write this piece after a five-inch April snowstorm gave our newly planted wheat fields their first drink of the season. Wheat is one of five crops we raise on our farm just outside ...
Strip tillage and the equipment needed for doing soil-health practices in a crop field are the focus of a free demonstration day near Rose Creek next month for area farmers and agricultural landowners ...
Their farm might be small, but Jonathan Stensgard and Jordan Flynn have big dreams. Those dreams are about freedom and helping the environment. What may be surprising is that their dreams are dirty.