First, the bad news: We’ve lost millions of tons of soil from croplands in the United States annually for the past 20 years due to water and wind erosion. The rate of erosion skyrockets the more soil ...

KIDDER COUNTY, N.D. -- Soil conservationist professionals like organic grain production, but they want to help organic producers quit doing so much tillage to control weeds. Kidder County (N.D.) Soil ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2012) The Rodale Institute has published a new technical bulletin containing information and resources to assist farmers in transitioning to diversified organic no-till ...

ELBERON - Organic farmer Todd Banes took no-till cover crop agriculture to the next level this month when he planted soybeans directly into a field of dense, 4-foot-tall cereal rye. He did it in a ...

Integrated weed management tactics are necessary to develop cropping systems that enhance soil quality using conservation tillage and reduced herbicide or organic weed management. In this study, we ...

URBANA, Ill. - More no-till farmers are using cover crops to conserve soil and suppress weeds, but many vegetable producers are reluctant to get on board. That's because many small-seeded vegetable ...

More no-till farmers are using cover crops to conserve soil and suppress weeds, but many vegetable producers are reluctant to get on board. That's because many small-seeded vegetable crops struggle to ...