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Strip-Tiller's Wetlands Project Aims to Improve Water Quality & Wildlife

November 22, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health, Water Management

Fred Abels implements strip-till practices on his 380-acre farm as well as cover crops, a saturated buffer, filter strips, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land, pollinator habitat, nutrient management, a windbreak and a new wetland designed to improve water quality and wildlife habitat.

Maryland Leopold Conservation Award Recipients Improve Water Quality with Strip-Till

March 29, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Sand County Foundation

The Hutchisons' use of variable-rate nitrogen applications onto crops are split up through the growing season to boost yields while reducing the potential for runoff. To further protect water quality, they practice mulch and strip-till practices, have installed grassed waterways and buffers, and have completed wetland restoration projects and forest management.

Strip-Till Adoption Among Reasons for Record Conservation Year in Iowa

August 23, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

During the last fiscal year, which ended on June 30, state cost-share leveraged $56.42 million in practice implementation, an increase of nearly $3.8 million over the previous record year.

What are the Underlying Causes of Water Quality Problems?

By Brian Dougherty posted on March 1, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

"The reason we have not been able to seriously address water quality is because we primarily focus our efforts on treating the symptoms of poor water quality rather than addressing the underlying cause of the problem," Brian Dougherty says.

Study: Cover Crops Reduce Sediment, Phosphorus Loss

December 14, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Source: Science Direct

Cover crops reduce sediment loss and total phosphorus loss from no-till corn and soybean fields, according to a study published in the Journal of Environmental Management.

5 Things to Know About Removal-Based P & K Strategies

November 11, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

"One concern I have is that some growers treat their P and K like balancing a checkbook, trying to calculate what is taken off the field and putting that amount back on in fertilizer. In almost all cases, this type of accuracy is not needed for removal-based guidelines," says nutrient management specialist Dan Kaiser.

Strip-Tilling Shows Profits in Southwest Wisconsin Study

September 16, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Data was collected and analyzed from 15 farmers for the 2019-2021 crop years to demonstrate the impact of conservation on soil and water quality.

EPA to Accelerate Nutrient Pollution Reduction

April 6, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox released April 5 a new policy memorandum on Accelerating Nutrient Pollution Reductions in the Nation's Waters. This memo reaffirms EPA's commitment to working with others, including the agriculture community, to advance progress in reducing excess nutrients in the nation's waters.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture to Offer Local, National Perspective on Conservation-Tillage Benefits

May 7, 2015 | Posted in Water Management

Bill Northey to present keynote dinner general session at the 2nd Annual National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City, Iowa on August 6.

Upcoming Conservation Tillage Conference to Include Water Quality Discussion

January 6, 2015 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Ohio State Extension

Ways to keep phosphorus and nitrogen from impacting water resources, will be the focus of a day-long discussion by industry and university experts during the Conservation Tillage Conference, March 3-4.

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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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