There is significant discussion over soil management and water quality. Concerns regarding erosion, loss of top soil and water retention are key elements to the discussion. And water quality concerns ...

Strip tillage and the equipment needed for doing soil-health practices in a crop field are the focus of a free demonstration day near Rose Creek next month for area farmers and agricultural landowners ...

With the ongoing debate of tillage versus soil conservation methods, farmers have had to weigh whether they’d rather achieve a higher yield or practice good land management. However, according to a ...

Satisfactory Crop Residue Management Is a Key for the Carlquists of Southern Idaho By Don Lilleboe Doug and Melanie Carlquist were among a sizable contingent of Idaho sugarbeet producers who attended ...

When fourth-generation farmer Lance Saathoff climbs into the cab of his 510-horsepower John Deere tractor, he's in a control center that's guided by distant satellites to fraction-of-an-inch precision ...

Summers Manufacturing, Devils Lake, North Dakota, has launched its new strip till equipment line featuring two distinct models: the Verdant and the Apex. These high-performance units are designed to ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Charlie Piekarski bubbled with enthusiasm as he looked at the 250-plus people from five states and Canada standing on his wheat stubble. "All these people - here because they ...

WINDOM, Minn. — The corn and beans had already pushed their way through the stubble. Farmers from across southern Minnesota walked the strip-tilled fields last week during the Conservation Tillage ...

Left: examples of cover crops with radishes, oats, and buckwheat. Right: strip-till with soybeans growing in a cereal rye cover. (Photos from Chase Brown) After the deadly I-55 dirt storm, an Illinois ...

At Bois d’Arc Farm, we believe that starting with healthy soil is the foundation for growing the best locally-grown, organic food possible, which is exactly what we’re striving to bring to families ...