Cover Crops Integrating Livestock with a Cover Crop System
Adding livestock to a cover crop system is considered the last step in bringing cover crops full circle in an operation. One Kansas grower and livestock producer shares insights from 35-plus years of no-till, 23 years of cover cropping and using livestock to increase his soil’s health and productivity while significantly reducing input costs.
Crop Protection EPA Announces 2020 Dicamba Registration Decision
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new 5-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product.
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Seeding & Planting USDA Crop Progress Report Shows 72% of Corn Harvested
According to the latest crop progress report from USDA, 72% of corn in the U.S. has been harvested, surpassing the 38% harvested in the same week last year and the 5 year average of 56%.
Podcast The Soil Carbon Solution with Rodale Institute’s Jeff Moyer
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we caught up with Jeff Moyer of Rodale Institute to talk about a new white paper put out recently by Rodale, called “Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution,” which identifies the potential of regenerative ag practices to sequester carbon and improve soil health while feeding the world.
Equipment Ag Equipment Color Preferences are Fading
There’s considerably less “color” loyalty today to major farm equipment brands than in the past.