On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, 4 Leopold Conservation Award recipients — Russell Hedrick, Richard Lyons, Colleen Kershaw and Wendy Mariko Johnson highlight some of the unique conservation practices on their farms.
We catch up with central Illinois no-tiller and strip-tiller Josh Stoller at the ATSG winter clinic in Nokomis, Ill., for a conversation about the cutting-edge tech giving him a winning edge on his farm.
No-tillers from across the world share how they’re reducing glyphosate dependence on their farm and what they would do to keep no-tilling if glyphosate was banned.
In the Cover Crop Connection, Gary Zimmer — “the father of biological farming” — previews his upcoming presentation at the National Cover Crop Summit. Plus, Cambridge, Ill., no-tiller Monte Bottens spotlights some of his on-farm trials for 2025.
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Read the full transcript of this episode of Conservation Ag Update.
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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!
