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No Till: - Planting crops without prior seedbed preparation, into an existing cover crop, sod, or crop residues, and eliminating subsequent tillage operations.
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MT farmers get "credit" for green farming  -  04 Aug 2008
KPAX-TV,Montana Farm Bureau officials are encouraging farmers and ranchers with no-till or strip-till cropping practices or new grass plantings to sign up for the

Carbon Credit Program generates $8 million for farmers, ranchers  -  04 Aug 2008
Dunn County News,National Farmers Union President Tom Buis said total earnings from no-till and seeded grassland offsets generated $5876825 in income for 2006 and 2007

Farmers coping with herbicide resistance  -  04 Aug 2008
Southeast Farm PressThroughout North Carolina and Virginia no-till and strip-till are becoming more and more common. “We are pretty heavy into no-till or strip-till,

Deadline for Carbon Credit Contract Signup Is Aug. 15  -  04 Aug 2008
Wallace's Farmer,The deadline for farm operators with no-till or strip-till cropping practices or new grass plantings to sign up to sell carbon credits and still take

Dryland wheat tops 100 bushes per acre in UNL trails  -  04 Aug 2008
North Platte Bulletin,Klein credited good wheat varieties, adequate moisture, a well-established no-till system and excellent management practices for the abundant yields.

Talkin' cotton....  -  04 Aug 2008
North Texas e-News,This is a quarter section of no-till cotton, double cropped behind wheat, located a short distance west of Snyder, Ok., on the south side of HW62.

Getting the right no-till drill for the job  -  Jul 27, 2008
FarmersWeekly,Committing to no-till seeding across 1215ha (3000 acres) of combinable crops calls for a lot of faith in the technique - and finding the right drill for the

No-till saves time, money and brings better yields  -  Jul 24, 2008
North Platte Bulletin,...by West Central Research and Extension Center - 7/24/2008 PAXTON--“In 1987 when I got started with no-till, I was 35 years old and still single.

Milan holds No-Till demos  -  Jul 23, 2008
Jackson Sun,By STANLEY DUNLAP Almost 30 years ago Milan's No-Till Field Day was created to inform people about a new method of farming. Now that no-tillage - which

No-till fits the bill in Mallee  -  Jul 22, 2008
Stock Journal,..."The base station is expensive but we are looking maybe to share the cost with other no-till croppers in the region." With wife Kath, son Steven and

Entrepreneurial farmers  -  Aug 1, 2008
Dickinson Press,The opportunity Richard speaks of is the one which developed in the early 80’s with the advent of no-till technology, which has since become the commonly

Teff Field Day set Aug. 1  -  Aug 1, 2008
High Plains Journal,Fields of growing teff, unique harvesting equipment, and the latest research on the benefits of no-till farming will be showcased at the Aug.

ND farmers get paid for capturing carbon  -  Jul 29, 2008
In-Forum,North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson said 990 farmers and ranchers in the state are getting about $2.6 million this week for using no-till

Milan no-till field day scheduled July 24  -  Jul 16, 2008
Southeast Farm PressIf the tradition holds, then thousands of producers, agribusiness representatives, and interested participants are expected to attend the 25th Milan No-Till

Industry report touts potential for biotech crops to combat ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Grist Magazine,For nine years the United States Department of Agriculture conducted a study to examine the difference between conventional no-till agriculture and organic

Strip-till on corn featured at Greenley Center field day, Aug. 7  -  Aug 3, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),Current research is comparing strip-till and no-till corn practices. "My main focus at the field day will be to demonstrate strip-till in the field," he

Data confirms Jensen knows what he's doing with no-till  -  Jul 8, 2008
Agri News,Jensen, who has been no-till farming for 20 years near West Union, is comparing no-till to subsoil tillage in a corn-soybean rotation for the Iowa Learning

No-till family reaps gain  -  Jul 16, 2008
Land,They won as a result of their uptake of no-till farming, a good balance between livestock stocking rate and carrying capacity, cell grazing,

Nationally-known authority to talk about impact of no-till and ...  -  Jul 12, 2008
Terre Haute Tribune Star,CAYUGA — Jill Clapperton, nationally known authority on the impact of no-till and cover crops on soil quality, will speak at the Bi-State Notill Seminar on

Half of Pa. Major Crops in No-Till  -  Jul 11, 2008
Lancaster Farming,In 2008, no-till was practiced on 50 percent of the major crop acreage in Pennsylvania, and other conservation tillage practices were used on 20 percent.

US farmers expand use of no-till to seed forages into wheat stubble  -  Jul 7, 2008
Stock and Land,US farmers have been told that planting lucerne, turnips, or summer annual grasses using no-till technology into wheat stubble has many advantages,

Lose farm subsidies, gain real farmers  -  Aug 2, 2008
DesMoinesRegister.com,No-till and grass farming are the only farming methods that can preserve our soil. Any so-called conservation tillage still destroys soil structure and

'Outdoor' Host Babe Winkelman Teams with Haybuster for Wildlife ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
PR Web (press release),Winkelman will teach his audiences about conservation practices like no-till farming and how Haybuster's 77 Drill is the ideal tool for agriculturalists and

Soil's Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated  -  Jul 30, 2008
Science Daily (press release)In the semiarid portion of the Pampas, scientist compared no-till management to a conventional tillage system (disk-tillage). Emissions of CO 2 -C from the

Carbon is cash crop for Oklahoma farmers  -  Aug 2, 2008
NewsOK.com (subscription),...•No-till farming: Plowing or burning a field releases carbon into the air and leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion. Instead of turning over the ground to

Wheat COFT trials testing new varieties  -  Aug 2, 2008
High Plains Journal,In Jacob and Justin's case, their field retained more than 4 inches of additional water that we expect from no-till farming alone.

No shortage of opinions about relationship  -  Jul 12, 2008
Springfield News Sun,By Bridgette Outten SPRINGFIELD — It's not only farmers and homeowners who have differing opinions on the role that the no-till farming practice played in

Farm Briefs . . .  -  Jul 30, 2008
The Girard Press,By Staff reports Registration is now open for the 2008 No-Till workshop, sponsored by the Kansas Farm Bureau. The workshop will be held at South Hutchinson

Farmers explore alternative ways to clear fields  -  Aug 1, 2008
Albany Democrat Herald,Baling and exporting straw for animal feed and using a no-till approach have been the most popular methods, but farmers are also reconsidering using the

No-tillage Plus: Cover Crops Offer A Model For Sustainability In ...  -  Jul 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)New research from Agronomy Journal shows that no-till management combined with a winter cover crop is most effective in retaining nutrients in tropical

Direct-seed farmers describe fuel savings at field day  -  Jul 11, 2008
Capital Press (subscription),By JAMIE HENNEMAN Although ecological benefits like reduced erosion and improved soil quality have always been a hallmark of no-till farming,

Gully Washer: Reduce Eroded Areas in Your Fields  -  Jul 24, 2008
AgWebNow it appears no-till may be the answer for keeping those The technical name for small, reoccurring drainage ditches is ephemeral gullies.

Watershed structures prevent greater flooding damage  -  Aug 2, 2008
High Plains Journal,You could also really see the difference conservation tillage practices, like no-till, made in keeping soil from eroding," Valasek said.

Zero-till farming costs are a big picture question  -  Jul 21, 2008
Stock and Land,That's the view of a leading proponent of the system, Conservation Farmers' executive officer Michael Burgis, who says no-till farming continues to deliver

Going green can pay farmers  -  Jul 15, 2008
Omaha World-Herald (subscription),The contracts pay between $1 and $4 per acre to farmers and ranchers who use environmentally friendly practices such as no-till farming and rotational

Farm experts: Floods caused minimal erosion in Wis.  -  Jul 27, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune,..."We found the fields that had conservation tillage and residue management no-till surprisingly have very little damage," said Don Baloun,

Farmers can cut carbon for cash  -  Jul 30, 2008
Janesville Gazette,Qualifying production practices include: -- No-till planting—new crops are planted over the top of last year’s cornstalks or other debris.

Organic stance will doom Africa’s farmers  -  Jul 25, 2008
Financial Times,...fertility and some of the improvement in techniques: low-till and no-till farming that can help protect against soil erosion and improve soil fertility.

Gas Prices Changing Farmers' Ways  -  Aug 2, 2008
KOATIt's called no-till or strip-till farming. "For this area, it's becoming a new concept. And it's where farmers don't plow the previous crop and they plant

CROP REPORT: High inputs strip away  -  Aug 2, 2008
Minot Daily News,No-till, lighter implements, larger tires, frequent maintenance and computerized navigation have all eased the fuel burden to an extent and even though

Conservation tillage booster meets the challenge  -  Jul 18, 2008
Capital Press (subscription),Variations of the conservation tillage system run from no-till to strip till and minimum till. The idea is to disturb the soil as little as possible when

New carbon offset program planned in Colorado  -  Jul 30, 2008
Journal-Advocate,This would be accomplished through such methods as low and no-till crop production that reduce the grower’s inputs, in addition to revenue from carbon

Twin Approach to Corn  -  Jul 11, 2008
Ethanol Producer Magazine,Strip tillage is a relatively new concept seeking to overcome some of the limitations of no-till systems. Farmers, particularly in the West, have adopted

Penn State's Ag Progress Days put conservation, agronomy in one tent  -  Jul 24, 2008
Penn State Live,The Penn State Rainfall Demonstrator will illustrate the effects of 30-year continuous no-till crop production techniques on runoff and erosion compared

Modeling Erosion Damage From Ephemeral Gullies  -  Jul 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)During a five-month growing season, tillage activities were simulated using two alternatives: once-a-year conventional tillage and no-till management

CRP Penalty-Free Early Release Criticized  -  Jul 28, 2008
Hoosier Ag Today,...“Some would argue, there might be a percentage of those acres that could be farmed using minimum till or no-till techniques. But overall those lands are

QA’s Extension slated to host Combine and Root Dig Day  -  Jul 30, 2008
American Farm,The purpose of the root dig is so that attendees will see the impact of compaction and no-till ripped on roots. Rhodes said it will be a valuable experience

Fertilization timing may affect greenhouse gas emissions, corn yields  -  Aug 1, 2008
Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide,Five plots were fertilized with urea on April 1 and five were fertilized with urea on May 12, right before no-till planting corn into sunflower residue on

Ranchers may profit as climate changes  -  Aug 1, 2008
Capital Press (subscription),Some use a lot of tillage, others use no-till or a number of practices in between. Some don't want to be regulated any more than they must, while others are

Best practices now mean fewer disasters  -  Jul 11, 2008
DesMoinesRegister.com,Buffer strips, grassed waterways, no-till or minimum-till farming and wetlands helped keep topsoil in place, filter sediment and hold back water.

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