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Please see herebelow the latest No-Till Farmer Weekly Digest, 16 February 2020.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

Amir Kassam

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Global CA-CoP

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Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance (no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with all other farm operations including harvesting);  (ii) permanent maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops), along with other complementary good agricultural production and land management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems, agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation Tillage, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own (more at: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).


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WEEKLY DIGEST
No-Till Farmer
Weekly Digest  
February 16, 2020  
 
FROM THE DESK OF JOHN DOBBERSTEIN

Occasional Tillage? Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Recent studies defending the use of occasional tillage are interesting reads but leave a lot of questions and problems with this approach that are left unaddressed. Read on to see why you should keep the tillage equipment in your shed.

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NO-TILL NEWS

Do Soils Need a Low-Salt Diet?

Doctors often tell their patients to reduce their salt intake as part of a healthy lifestyle. While you may try to keep an eye on your personal salt intake, researchers from Virginia Tech are taking a look at how much salt there is in the soil under your feet.

NO-TILL NEWS

Considerations, Guidelines for Cover Crop Termination

Experts at Kansas State University Extension review important considerations and guidelines for terminating cover crops properly, including NRCS rules and challenges that can be posted by herbicide programs.

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Understanding Phosphorus and Potassium in Your Fertility Program

Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies: In agriculture, there are always a few factors that are out of our control — specifically Mother Nature. This proved to be true in 2019 with widespread flooding and extreme temperatures — both highs and lows. This edition is brought to you by AgroLiquid.

NO-TILL NEWS

Soil Health Spotlight: Soil Structure and Aggregation

Kansas State University Extension revisits the importance of measuring soil aggregates as a way to determine the structural status of the soil — which plays an important role in water infiltration, aeration, root penetration, carbon storage, and nutrient cycling.

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