On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, young no-tillers James Hepp of Rockwell City, Iowa and Joel Reddick of Bardwell, Ky., share their opinions on what it will take for the next generation of farmers to carry the conservation torch.
Watertown, Wis., no-tiller Tony Peirick has some words advice for farmers who are nervous about planting green into living cover crops for the first time. And in the Cover Crop Connection, Mackane Vogel catches up with Butler County, Pa., farmer William Thiele, who’s not “using covers just as covers.”
Later in the episode, Tuscola County, Mich., no-tiller Tom Hess shows off one of his long-term no-till fields and talks about the benefits of his 40-year no-till journey. We go Ahead of the Curve with Ag Technology Solutions Group’s (Greenville, Ill.) Jason Sorensen for a look at why drones are on the rise in agriculture, and we wrap things up with some perspective on the true meaning of conservation ag with retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky.
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And that will wrap things up on this edition of Conservation Ag Update. Until next time, for more stories visit no-tillfarmer.com, striptillfarmer.com and covercropstrategies.com. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!
