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RealAg Radio: Long-season hybrids, plow vs. ripper, and cost cutting techniques, Dec 2, 2024

Real Agriculture

Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to discuss a number of topics including: The winter season; The 2025 crop planning process; Controversy between the plow vs. disc ripper; and, Being cautious with cost cutting techniques. Thoughts… Read More

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Kuhn combines soil prep and seeding in one-pass system

Real Agriculture

Helping farmers prep soil and seed crops in small spring planting windows is the driving force behind a new harrow and seeder combination for Kuhn. In this report from Agritechnica, Kuhn product line manager David Hild explains how European farmers who fall plow typically utilize two separate machines — a power harrow followed by a.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 27: Winter weather, phosphorus decisions, and tillage talk

Real Agriculture

Moldboard plowing? Moldboard plowing? In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, Pete says that tillage erosion is 10 times worse than wind and water erosion. The disc ripper… Read More When asked about tillage, RealAgriculture’s Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson says to do as little as you can.

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Commentary: With Agriculture Facing a ‘Great Collision,’ More Farmers Seek to Nourish and Heal  

Daily Yonder

They also embraced crop diversity by adopting traditional crops, including hardier, more nutritious varieties that had been orphaned by modern agriculture demands. In Kansas, some annual row crop farmers are pioneering perennial crops to counter the impacts of yearly plowing that has depleted their soils.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

Civil Eats

It turns out a system that relies less on row crops isn’t just good for a time- and resource-strapped young farmer. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. farmland is regularly cover cropped. Any day you can graze is better,” says Bedka.

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

ATTRA

They are documenting Lincoln’s living cover crop system, where he undersows Dutch white clover into vegetables after the last cultivation in July. He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure.

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One Farmer’s Regenerative Journey: Part 2

UnderstandingAg

Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. We do not yet have a no-till drill, so we use a conventional drill for overseeding pastures or seeding annual cover crops.

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