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Microbes, Mycorrhizae Key to Understanding Nutrient Content of Cover Crops

Soil health specialist Jim Hoorman unearths relationship between cover crops & nutrient content in the soil
By Mackane Vogel posted on July 9, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors. Grasping everything that could affect the nutrient value of cover crops can be like trying to drink from a fire hose, says Jim Hoorman, but there are ways to simplify and understand how to determine what nutrients cover crops deliver to cash crops.
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Strip-Till & Cover Crop Benefits Showcased During CTIC Tour

Garretson, S.D., farmer details journey from conventional tillage to strip-till & no-till
By John Dobberstein and Noah Newman posted on June 25, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Soil Health
Hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), the tour included a visit to Ryan and Christina Larson’s 1,000-acre strip-till and no-till operation in Garretson, S.D., near the southwestern Minnesota border.
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From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for 2025 Strip-Till Innovator

Ray Flickner boosts profitability & water use efficiency with strip-till & subsurface drip irrigation
By Noah Newman posted on June 23, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Water Management
Ray Flickner’s use of cutting-edge technologies and management practices to conserve water and boost soil health — and willingness to put everything under a microscope for all to see — makes him more than worthy of the 2025 Strip-Till Innovator Award.
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Gauging the Sustainability of Corn-on-Corn

Many Michigan farmers rely on corn-on-corn systems to meet feed demands, but is this short rotation approach truly effective? Here are some considerations for corn-on-corn production systems before sticking with it.
By Steve Whittington posted on June 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting
Source: Michigan State University Extension
While continuous corn with cereal rye offers benefits to a livestock producer in terms of feed supplementation, it does not fully replace the advantages of a longer, diversified crop rotation, Michigan State University Extension explains.
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International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal – May 2025

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.
By Frank Lessiter posted on June 4, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

In this edition:

  • Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Nitrogen Oxide N2O Emissions and Crop Yield in Global Cereal Cropping Systems
  • Monitoring the Spatial Distribution of Cover Crops and Tillage Practices Using Machine Learning and Environmental Drivers across Eastern South Dakota
  • Potential Long-Term, Global Effects of Enhancing the Domestic Terrestrial Carbon Sink in the United States through No-Till and Cover Cropping
  • Global Synthesis of Cover Crop Impacts on Main Crop Yield
  • Development and Testing of a Precision Hoeing System for Re-compacted Ridge Tillage in Maize

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[Video] The 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference Preview Show

By Noah Newman posted on June 2, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture
Technology Editor Noah Newman checks in from Iowa City with a preview of the 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference, including exclusive insights from speakers on the program, a tour of the hotel and surrounding area, and a 1-on-1 interview with Iowa State’s Rebecca Vittetoe for a look at the pre-conference Strip-Till Field Day.
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5 Ways to Keep the “Billion-Dollar Bug” from Stealing Corn Yields

By Noah Newman posted on May 12, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health
“When you approach the rootworm as just a problem that has to be solved, you’re not taking into account the animal’s biology,” Ann Marie Journey says. “You’re hitting it just at certain points or with certain methods or controls, and you’re not allowing yourself in effect to have a conversation to gain insight back from the rootworms about what it is that makes them successful in any given place."
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No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.

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