There’s no doubt about it. When it comes to continuous no-till farming, this method has humbled the best-of-the-best soil scratchers at one time or another. For those no-till dabblers, it is important ...

Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time. In the Des Moines ...

TORIN HALSEY/TIMES RECORD NEWS Trevor Lalk drives a tractor with a no-till planter to plant corn seed in a field near Punkin Center. Lalk Brothers Farms received an award for their soil conservation ...

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At bottom, gardening is all about dirt — its care and feeding, its microbes and fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Science has gradually recognized that the soil’s vibrant but delicate food web must be ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Paul Hunter agreed to host an Iowa Learning Farm field day because he thought it might encourage others to consider no-till farming. "No-till is one of those things that unless you see ...

Revisiting the day we planted Milo food plots for deer, turkey, and quail using the Kioti RX7320 and an AC 4-row no-till planter. A memorable moment in the field creating food and habitat for wildlife ...

WAVERLY, Iowa — Mark Mueller said his first goal with no-till is to save the soil. "I realize that there is not as much revenue to be made through reduced yields, but the reduction isn’t that much," ...

At bottom, gardening is all about dirt - its care and feeding, its microbes and fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Science has gradually recognized that the soil's vibrant-but-delicate food web must be ...

Bloomington-Normal YMCA adds 5 new directors to leadership team Normal police arrest 2 juveniles in armed robbery case Farmers began to embrace the no-dig philosophy in the midto late 1970s with ...

A field day promoting conservation farming techniques is being held Friday by the Nevada FFA in collaboration with Heartland Cooperative, Van Wall Equipment, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the ...

In his no-till system, the planter is equipped with coulters to cut crop residue before the planting unit deposits the seeds. Norby also uses cereal rye for a cover crop, so he plants green into four ...