On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, we head inside the first-ever Conversations about Conservation workshop for landowners at No-Till Innovator Mike Starkey’s farm in Brownsburg, Ind.
Plus, we have boots on the ground at the World Ag Expo and National Farm Machinery Show. Associate editor Mackane Vogel checks in from Tulare, Calif., with an up-close look at Pyka’s Pelican 2 — the largest autonomous crop protection aircraft on the market. Meanwhile in Louisville, Ky., Beck’s agronomist Steve Gauck shares lessons learned from new studies on corn root architecture.
In the Cover Crop Connection, New Jersey no-tillers Robert and R.J. Fulper try using a planter-mounted roller-crimper while planting green as part of a North Jersey RC&D on-farm trial.
And in the Video of the Week, Beaver Dam, Wis., strip-tiller Ryan Nell plants his soybeans on January 31st!
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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!
