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GUEST VIEWPOINT: The Pros and Cons of ‘Deliberate Disturbance’

Good stewardship is not about minimizing disturbances, but about optimizing disturbances to produce the best ecosystem and productivity outcomes.

By John Kempf posted on January 31, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Good stewardship is not about minimizing disturbances, but about optimizing disturbances to produce the best ecosystem and productivity outcomes.

World Soil Day: Partnerships Powering Soil Regeneration

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

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.

Scouting for Soil Erosion in Fall

November 28, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Crops and Soils

With field conditions favorable for a stable harvest schedule, and planning for crop year 2025 underway, the next 8 weeks provide a golden opportunity to evaluate how your fields held up, says University of Wisconsin Extension.

Tillage On Display Supports Researcher’s Soil Erosion Estimates

By Dan Crummett posted on November 8, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Geologist says the effects of tillage should be incorporated into the USDA’s erosion estimates, so the agency's numbers might better align with the 57.6 billion metrictons of soil that the researchers estimate has been lost across the Midwest in the last 160 years.

John Deere Offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing For Combines

John Deere is now offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing on 2018 or newer John Deere S700 Series Combines.

January 30, 2023

Source: John Deere

John Deere is now offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing on 2018 or newer John Deere S700 Series Combines.

Reducing Tillage Improves Soil, Yields

December 19, 2019 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

Source: Stanford University

Stanford scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil by monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data.

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Remlinger Mfg. Strip Till Strip Fresheners

July 30, 2019 | Posted in Strip-Till Equimpent

Remlinger's Strip Till Strip Freshener's assembly bolts onto the existing row units in place of the ripper shank assembly.

Fungi and Tillage Don’t Mix Well

January 19, 2018 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: Shannon VanRaes, Manitoba Co-Operator

Tillage might result in some sort-term gains, but soil scientist Jay Fuhrer warns that the practice causes long-term damage to healthy soil’s best friend — fungi.

Scientists Find Tillage Damages Earthworm Populations

June 10, 2017 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

Source: University College Dublin

University College Dublin reports that conventional tillage is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, and the deeper the soil is disturbed, the more harmful it is to earthworms.

Is the Plow Going Extinct?

January 18, 2017 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment

Source: Kiplinger

Kiplinger predicts the moldboard plow will soon be an item that will disappear forever, as "modern farmers have little use for it."

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