On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Alpha, Ill., No-Till Innovator Marion Calmer discusses his top goals when it comes to managing heavy residue at harvest time.

Plus, we catch up with Field to Market president Carrie Vollmer-Sanders for a look at the new FieldPrint Platform 5.0, which helps farmers measure the environmental impacts of their crop production and increase profitability.

In the Cover Crop Connection, Nelson, Mo., no-tiller Alan Weber uses cover crops to reduce weed pressure and save up to $50 per acre on hay needed for grazing in his diversified crop and livestock operation.

Later in the episode, The Fertilizer Institute launches NuGIS 2.0, a system that integrates multiple data sets to create county-level estimates of nutrients applied and removed. And in the Video of the Week, Warren Dick reflects on the early days of the first no-till plots in Wooster, Ohio.

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And that will wrap things up on this edition of Conservation Ag Update. Until next time, for more stories visit no-tillfarmer.com, striptillfarmer.com and covercropstrategies.com. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!