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Carbon markets continue to evolve, but there are many producers who are trying to figure out where they fit in the system.
Zane Erickson, a farm equipment dealer and strip-till farmer, needed an implement to close/prepare the seedbed following tiling.
As the focus starts to move to 2023’s growing season, dry conditions are the main concern for growers.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Harvest has wrapped up in many locations and farmers are hard at work getting field work done ahead of the winter season.
With high fertilizer prices, farmers are looking for alternatives to make every pound of nitrogen fertilizer count. To be as efficient as possible with nitrogen, the most important thing to do is to rely on best management practices (BMPs) that have been proven through years of unbiased research.
With very dry conditions across Minnesota, farmers may want to drive around their harvested fields and step out to look. Maybe take a shovel w…
Kuhn North America introduces the new Interceptor 8055 high-speed conservation tillage tool for sizing, distributing and incorporating residue…
McFarlane Ag introduces the Incite-i 5200 with an independent blade configuration. Designed for growers with sticky or rocky conditions, the n…
BOONE, Iowa — Carbon markets have had a growing presence at agriculture expos, with companies and farmers looking to connect.
Summers Manufacturing has introduced a new switch box option for its VRT Renegade variable rate tillage tool. The switch box uses toggle switc…
JOHNSTON, Iowa — Carbon markets are here and they aren’t going away any time soon, so farmers should look at whether those markets make sense …
Rising temperatures and sporadic rainfall expected to come with climate change will likely be detrimental to corn yields. But some research in…
Some cover crop experiments are planned as part of a farmer’s management strategy. Others are part of long-term, structured university studies.
When it comes to making tillage decisions on the farm, producers have several things to consider. Some of these come down to penciling out inp…
All farmers want to see soil health improve, but soil organic matter can be a tricky topic. Low organic matter often indicates the need for mo…
Conservation practices are used by many with an eye toward the environment, and examining fertilizer use may be the next sustainable target.
HERMANN, Mo. — On a sunny May day in East Central Missouri, the Missouri River bottom featured farmers doing a variety of work. Up and down th…
CHAMPAIGN Ill. — Richard Mulvaney has the gift of storytelling.
As is often the case with fledgling markets, the future for carbon credits could go either way. In fact, it could go a lot of different ways.
Salford Group launches the latest model in their Halo tillage line, the Halo VRT. This new machine is the first tillage implement capable of v…
DES MOINES, Iowa — When it comes to sequestering carbon, there are many questions to answer.
Heavy equipment, overinflated tires, or even livestock hooves, especially in wet conditions, can all cause soil compaction problems that may n…
The importance of soil ratings can be found in land value and crop production, so knowing exactly how the ratings are used and calculated is i…
Matt Lechtenberg is the Water Quality Initiative coordinator at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
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