*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow the No-Till Highlights for 24 January 2016. Apologies for any cross-postings. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: No-Till Farmer <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:02 AM Subject: This Week's No-Till Highlights To: [log in to unmask] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=562f66d434&e=2d413bb964> [image: No-Till Farmer Daily Update] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=d19b423091&e=2d413bb964> Weekly Digest January 24, 2016 [image: Twitter] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=b38b13df9a&e=2d413bb964> [image: Facebook] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=f4d8009b93&e=2d413bb964> [image: LinkedIn] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=cc594dd7b1&e=2d413bb964> [image: YouTube] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=bf38b28461&e=2d413bb964> The *No-Till Farmer Weekly Digest* is brought to you by Dawn Biologic <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=dbbb846764&e=2d413bb964>. This email update is delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday from our editors to provide you with important industry news and popular no-till content from the past week. For more breaking news, web exclusives and thousands of pages filled with content to pack in your no-till arsenal, keep checking back to No-TillFarmer.com <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=c779bb39c7&e=2d413bb964> and be sure to subscribe to our Daily Email Update. <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=82d365e7a9&e=2d413bb964> FROM THE DESK OF LAURA BARRERA 12 Facts & Tips form the 2016 National No-Tillage Conference <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=ad09b11df0&e=2d413bb964> From using a drone, to cover crops, to improving fertility, here's a quick roundup of some of the most interesting facts and tips learned at the 2016 event in Indianapolis. NEW NO-TILL VIDEO How Uphoff Farm Incorporates Manure Without Disturbing No-Till <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=09db528e78&e=2d413bb964> Bob Uphoff of Uphoff Ham and Bacon Farm near Madison, Wis., explains how the operation adopted no-till, the challenges they initially faced with incorporating manure in a no-till system, and the low-disturbance injector they’re using now that leaves 90-95% of residue remaining on the surface. ------------------------------ [image: Icon] <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=e9d88e7b13&e=2d413bb964> *The 24th annual National No-Tillage Conference may be over, * <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=b6d90b3865&e=2d413bb964> but you can still experience the exceptional no-till education attendees took part in last week in Indianapolis. 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HOT ITEM Precision Planting Launches Fertilizer Attachment and Control Products <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=186675c4e0&e=2d413bb964> No-tillers can now place starter fertilizer near the seed furrow without risking seed burn with the FurrowJet fertilizer attachment, and the vApply controller systems allow growers to execute their fertility plan across the entire range of application rates for all passes through the field. ------------------------------ <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=a064c76e80&e=2d413bb964> *DawnBiologic brings you the most biologically advanced planting systems available today. <http://lesspub.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a35b8aa5c6d14607778bf95bc&id=028b8e32dd&e=2d413bb964>*No-till into living cover crops with the Dawn ZRX Electro-Hydraulic Roller/Crimper/Row Cleaner. No-till cover crops into early emerging cash crops with the DuoSeed Cover Crop Inter-Seeder. 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