Westin Arseneau was ready for a change after another frustratingly wet spring in Iroquois County, Ill., in 2019. Especially when he noticed his neighbors were the only farmers in the area planting corn in May that year.
Remember the four types of erosion — interrill (or sheet) erosion, rill erosion, ephemeral gully erosion, and classical gully erosion, and remember that once you see rills, the tolerable soil loss level is already exceeded so urgent action is called for, says Sjoerd Willem Duiker.
Are extra tillage passes worth it? The Univ. of Illinois Farmdoc Daily crew unpacked that complex question during a recent webinar recapping a decade of data from the Precision Conservation Management (PCM) program.
Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.
On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), Westin Arseneau explains how strip-till boosts his efficiency and profitability in the challenging soils of his east central Illinois farm.
On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), Westin Arseneau explains how strip-till boosts his efficiency and profitability in the challenging soils of his east central Illinois farm.
Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.
At the Univ. of Minnesota Research and Outreach Centers, researchers drilled rye at either 15 pounds or 60 pounds in fall 2024, and found no difference in total biomass produced in spring 2025.
“Carbon is the energy that drives the entire process,” Jerry Hatfield said during his 2025 NSTC presentation. “Carbon is the energy piece to this puzzle. It’s the currency for changing soils.”
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, Ross Bishop explains how Kernza is giving his no-till soils a boost in Jackson, Wis.
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