Articles from the February 7, 2013 edition

Mark Watson|Feb 7, 2013

There was a gradual progression on our farm to adopting a no-till cropping system. Our father passed on to us the value of conservation farming practices. He worked closely with University of Nebraska researchers and allowed them to do research on our farm studying stubble mulching practices and soil erosion on our farm. We continued down this path of trying to leave more residues in the field in our winter wheat/summer fallow rotation. Cheatgrass was always a problem, and at the time the best...