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Are You Fully Invested in the Economics of Your Farm?

By Jack Zemlicka posted on October 23, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

With fall harvest winding down in many areas, strip-tillers have been vigilantly checking yield monitors (calibrated, I hope) and thinking about the next phase of field operations.

2020 National Cover Crop Summit: Fall Edition

Improving Soil Health Through Diverse Crop Rotations Including Covers

Cronin Farms agronomy manager, Dan Forgey, discusses integrating cover crops into crop rotations during the online National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2020 Edition.

October 14, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Diversifying crop rotations can offer significant positive results, improving soil health and boosting biological activity and nutrient cycling. Cronin Farms, a no-till operation based near Gettysburg, S.D., has crop rotations down to a science, including forages and cover crops.

Truterra and Nori Partner Up to Support Farmer Participation In Carbon Markets

October 9, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: PRNewswire

The new pilot program focuses on addressing a key infrastructure challenge holding back the development of an ecosystem services marketplace at scale: the ability to easily translate existing farm data that capture the carbon removal impact of on-farm conservation practices into potential carbon credits that could offer a new viable revenue stream for farmers.

New Way of Analyzing Soil Organic Matter Will Help Predict Climate Change

October 1, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Baylor University

A new way of analyzing the chemical composition of soil organic matter will help scientists predict how soils store carbon — and how soil carbon may affect climate in the future, says a Baylor University researcher.

[Video] Moving Nitrogen Tanks to the Tractor to Improve Cover Crop Application Flexibility

September 4, 2020 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Northfield, Minn., strip-tiller and no-tiller Mike Peterson shares how he retrofitted his John Deere 8200 tractor with liquid fertilizer tanks for split nitrogen application. In 2020, he moved the N tanks from the sidedress bar to the tractor and freed up the toolbar for cover crop application, while still applying nutrients.

[Video] Bringing Cattle Back to the Farm to Enhance the Value of Cover Crops

September 4, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Seeking to combine the return of cattle with capturing the value of cover crops, Rock Creek, Minn., strip-tiller and no-tiller Jon Stevens is grazing cattle on a 30-acre paddock seeded with grasses and cereals with the intention of trying to rotate in corn within 3 years to capture in-field nitrogen.

[Video] Building Economic Return with a Strip-Till Rig to Suit Your Soil Health Objectives

September 4, 2020 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Rock Creek, Minn., no-tiller and strip-tiller Jon Stevens gives a detailed overview of how and why he constructed a strip-till rig from Hiniker cultivator row units to suit his rocky soils and soil health goals.

[Podcast] An Economic Mindset to Building a Bankable Strip-Till System

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we share excerpts from my on-farm visit with Greg Entinger, the New Prague, Minn., farmer who shares his economic-based strategy for managing his 900-acre strip-tilled corn and no-tilled soybean operation.

September 2, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we share excerpts from my on-farm visit with Greg Entinger, from New Prague, Minn., who shares his economic-based strategy for managing his 900-acre strip-tilled corn and no-tilled soybean operation.

Bottom Line Benefits vs. Bin-Busting Yields

By Jack Zemlicka posted on September 1, 2020 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

Southeastern Minnesota is always an interesting area to explore the evolution and advancement of strip-till. My recent trip was no different, getting the opportunity to learn about the dollars-and-sense approach local strip-tillers have taken to improve economic returns and not necessarily boost yields.

[Podcast] Starting Out in Strip-Till: Building Confidence with Relationships

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we're joined by Lowville, N.Y., strip-tiller Aaron Miller about how he got started in strip-till, while simultaneously becoming a strip-till equipment dealer.

August 18, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we're joined by Lowville, N.Y., strip-tiller Aaron Miller about how he got started in strip-till, while simultaneously becoming a strip-till equipment dealer.

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Are You Fully Invested in the Economics of Your Farm?

Improving Soil Health Through Diverse Crop Rotations Including Covers

Truterra and Nori Partner Up to Support Farmer Participation In Carbon Markets

New Way of Analyzing Soil Organic Matter Will Help Predict Climate Change

[Video] Moving Nitrogen Tanks to the Tractor to Improve Cover Crop Application Flexibility

[Video] Bringing Cattle Back to the Farm to Enhance the Value of Cover Crops

[Video] Building Economic Return with a Strip-Till Rig to Suit Your Soil Health Objectives

[Podcast] An Economic Mindset to Building a Bankable Strip-Till System

Bottom Line Benefits vs. Bin-Busting Yields

[Podcast] Starting Out in Strip-Till: Building Confidence with Relationships

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