Scouting for Soil Erosion in Fall

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

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.

Study: Ag Practices Have Caused 57.6 Trillion Metric Tons of Soil Loss in Midwest

March 17, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst

New research shows that human-caused erosion in America’s Breadbasket is far greater than previously thought, says the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Creating the Biological Architecture for Prolonged Strip-Till Success

Iowa’s Tim Smith to discuss his construction of a comprehensive strip-till system using cover crops and a bioreactor at the 2016 National Strip-Tillage Conference.

By Jack Zemlicka posted on February 19, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Iowa’s Tim Smith to discuss his construction of a comprehensive strip-till system using cover crops and a bioreactor at the 2016 National Strip-Tillage Conference.

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Scouting for Soil Erosion in Fall

Tillage On Display Supports Researcher’s Soil Erosion Estimates

Study: Ag Practices Have Caused 57.6 Trillion Metric Tons of Soil Loss in Midwest

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