Posts Tagged ‘no-till farming’

The Unconventional Harvest: A Large No-Till Organic Farm

The Unconventional Harvest: A Large No-Till Organic Farm

I met Emily Stiegelmeier near Route 12 at the intersection of two long and lonely dirt roads near her 4,000 acre farm.

South Dakota Farmer Uses No-Till and Cover Crops Practices to Improve Yields

South Dakota Farmer Uses No-Till and Cover Crops Practices to Improve Yields

Reporting from the Field: Cronin Family Farm, Gettysburg, South Dakota: It’s cold and wet on the plains; winter is just around the corner. Dan Forgey has been growing crops on this 8500 acre farm for 42 years. About 18 years ago he adopted a no-till practice—when a crop is harvested, its stubble is left untouched [...]