These farms don't all employ the exact same practices; no-till tactics range from farming solely by hand to some use of equipment. Still, the goal is typically the same: to create a resilient, ...

Learn about no-till farming and the ecological benefits of this agricultural technique. Daniel Mays of Frith Farm in Scarborough is a leader in no-till practices and lends a hand to help other farmers ...

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 ...

How resiliency steered Class of 2026 Iowa Master Farmers Dan and Susan Voss through farming challenges and health scares ...

The Smith family captures value from cover crops twice—first as high-quality cattle feed and then as biological fuel for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington farmers will get to see no-till and low-till drills in action Washington Association of Wheat Growers hosts the demonstration on Jeff Shawver’s farm at noon Oct. 1 near Pasco, Wash. The ...

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 ...

The line between soil and dirt is anything but fine. Without knowing it, farmers have been stripping the soil of essential nutrients for generations. But now we know, and modern farmers like those at ...