Local farmers, Farmers for Soil Health, The Nature Conservancy and the Ohio No-Till Council met at Burkholder Farms and discussed soil practices in the field Tuesday in Lima. LIMA — Farmers from area ...

AMES, Iowa — When Robin Griffeth looks out at his crop fields, he sees more than rows of commodities that need to be managed for best yield. Rather, he sees acres of living solar collectors that ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...

No-till farming started as a way to keep costs down for conventional farmers in danger of losing their land. Now it has become a subculture and a way of life for outsider farmers all over rural ...

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 ...

The Texas High Plains can be unforgiving with lack of rainfall, high temperatures and powerful wind gusts. Barry Evans, a Swisher County, Texas, farmer, has learned to embrace the challenging ...

The soil health movement appears to be gaining momentum among Idaho farmers and conservation districts statewide. Over 10 years after the Natural Resources Conservation Service launched its Soil ...

Farmers and researchers in Reidsville see the positive impacts of no-till agriculture. Tilling soil has long been thought of as a necessary step in agricultural production. A long-term study by ...

ZEELAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Ottawa Conservation District is partnering with local farmers to restore watersheds through practical solutions with its Watershed Restoration Programs. The Conservation ...

The onset of no-till farming has created a different demand in farm equipment, but a lot of farmers are still using conventional equipment to till their fields, said Brad Victor, owner of Victor's Inc ...

A former North Dakota farmer once called the “evangelist of no-till” passed away March 5, 2023, at his home in Wayzata, Minnesota. Luther Allen Berntson was 91 years old at the time of his death and ...