No-till and reduced-till systems have gained popularity for their benefits to soil health, moisture retention, and erosion ...

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," ...

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — “I like to try new things,” Vance Johnson says. This summer, sugarbeet growers and others will get a chance for an up-close look at some of his experiments with a test plot just ...

Marion Calmer says nutrient stratification in soil is a significant problem on his western Illinois farm — and it’s only getting worse. “I’ve been putting P (phosphorus) and K (potassium) on top of ...

Editor's note: Jeff Beach will be checking up with Vance Johnson throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — If it were a race, Vance Johnson says he ...

As harvest continues in central Illinois, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says he is fielding a lot of calls from farmers about whether to do fall tillage. For the most part, his ...

One of the most important parts of any conservation or farming operation is establishing goals to work toward. It is easy to do the same thing year after year because of limited time or finances. What ...

Lisa Blazure, soil health coordinator with Stroud Water Research Center, points out night crawler tunnels in the clay soil beneath Penn England Farm’s cornfield topsoil. Night crawlers are essential ...

David Brandt was a central Ohio farmer and international leader in the conservationist movement who taught no-till and cover crop soil management on his farm and around the world. He was also an ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Stacks of plow blades rest on old wooden pallets inside a large barn and tool shed on the Paul Lanpher farm near Advance. Pipes have been welded into places on the plow blades. Some of ...