John Dobberstein

1 week ago | no-tillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

Play the latest episode: [SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST] In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NewFields Ag, we’ll hear a panel discussion about the state of soil conservation from the most recent Conservation in Action Tour in Sioux Falls, S.D. hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center.

1 week ago | no-tillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

Two U.S. Senators have introduced a bill intended to provide a boost peer-to-peer networks between farmers and authorize the NRCS to take a deeper role in supporting them. The Farmer to Farmer Act, sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) would authorize the NRCS to enter into cooperative agreements with community-based organizations in each state that are able to identify and build on established and burgeoning peer-to-peer networks and create new ones.

1 week ago | no-tillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

GOING FAST. Precision Planting’s field studies with high-speed planting show the company’s SpeedTube system can help growers meet the window for optimum planting and yield potential. John Deere Planting season sets the tone for the rest of the growing years, and for no-tillers there is increased emphasis due to the challenge of planting through residue rather than a ‘perfect’ worked seed bed.

1 week ago | no-tillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — From ethanol to cover crops to equipment innovations, the changing, dynamic world of conservation agriculture was on full display as the Conservation Action Tour that trekked across South Dakota.

1 week ago | no-tillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

LESSON IN PERSEVERANCE. Kurt Stiefvater went through a rough transition period going to no-till, but parking the plow, adding livestock and cover crops and improving soil health helped him reduce fertilizer inputs by 50% and hay use by 40%. John Dobberstein During a recent stop on the Conservation in Action tour, Kurt Stiefvater was handed the microphone to talk about the no-till operation he and his family have built over the last quarter century.