Advice from a Farmer: Transitioning to No-till & Cover Crops

Planting in the spring It is important to remember that you’ll be a couple of days behind neighbors who are utilizing tillage to “dry out” their ground. Fall burn down, or pre-emergence herbicide programs will be necessary for crops since tillage won’t be there to remove weeds. Soils may be colder without tillage somewhat longer […]

Nitrogen Management for Carbon Credits

It may not seem obvious that changing your nitrogen management practices for various crops creates opportunities for carbon credits, but this is certainly the case.  Many best practices around nitrogen management help reduce emissions from the soil around the loss of nitrous oxide.  Generalities Variety of Nitrogen Management practices to qualify for carbon credits Variable […]

Cover Crops & Carbon Sequestration

For many years prior to the industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the early to mid-20th century cover crops were an integral component of many farm operations – Thomas Jefferson even wrote about them in his farm journal. In modern agriculture cover crops have gained immense popularity amongst progressive and innovative farmers and ranchers as […]