No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...

HAMPTON, Iowa — Long-time Practical Farmers of Iowa members Doug Alert and Margaret Smith have looked at organic no-till planting into cover crops, a system pioneered by Jeff Moyer at the Rodale ...

Those of you who in Illinois who have been waiting for the sweet spot to plant your corn, the time is here, says Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist. “Let the big dogs run and keep the planters ...

NORA SPRINGS — Glancing over his shoulder, Tom Wolters guides the John Deere 750 no-till planting drill across the stubble of last season’s corn crop. His 300-acre farming operation is a study in land ...

As a part of the Battle for the Belt project, with funding from the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Checkoff, Taylor Dill ...

As Midwest farmers prepare for another growing season, a familiar question is resurfacing across the Corn Belt: when is the ...

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 ...

What are the risks with “pop-up” placement? If producers apply starter fertilizer with the corn seed (“pop-up” in-furrow), ...