Continuous No-Till and Cover Crops – Boosting Soil Organic Matter, Carbon, and Crop Yields
Since 1969, select farm plots at the University of Illinois have been in continuous no-till. In that time, the measure of organic matter has been boosted three-fold – from about 1 percent to 3.2 percent, without use of cover crops. In the [...]
Continuous No-Till and Cover Crops – Boosting Soil Organic Matter, Carbon, and Crop Yields
Since 1969, select farm plots at the University of Illinois have been in continuous no-till. In that time, the measure of organic matter has been boosted three-fold – from about 1 percent to 3.2 percent, without use of cover crops. In the [...]
Since 1969, select farm plots at the University of Illinois have been in continuous no-till. In that time, the measure of organic matter has been boosted three-fold – from about 1 percent to 3.2 percent, without cover crops, according to Mike Plumer, the natural resources management educator at the university Extension. He said that in [...]
A recent column in the NY Times by James McWilliams discussed the debate in Congress about carbon cap and trade, and how agriculture fits into the puzzle.
He said the recent announcement by the EPA to regulate carbon marks a step forward, increasing pressure on Congress to pass the legislation. But he says it’s also a [...]
In a recent blog post, the author was poking holes in the notion that carbon credit legislation will be an effective tool in the global warming equation.
One of the people responding to his post talked about a book written almost 10 years ago that laid out the argument that agriculture is potentially a massive player [...]
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Dan Towery and Hans Kok, Ph.D., are Indiana’s new Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) team.
Towery and Kok will work closely with farm operators around the state to encourage the adoption of long term continuous no-till practices utilizing cover crops, nutrient and pest management, precision farming technology, and the use of conservation buffers.
Towery has been a [...]
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