Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

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Please see herebelow this week's No-Till Highlights.

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Amir Kassam

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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  
April 5, 2020  
 
INDUSTRY NEWS

CNHI Withdraws 2020 Financial Outlook, Closes Majority of North & South America Manufacturing

CNHI has announced the withdraw of its financial outlook for 2020 presented on Feb. 7, 2020. In addition, the company is suspending the majority of its manufacturing operations in North and South America for a two-week period, starting March 30.

HOT CONTENT

Top No-Till Stories from March 2020

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the month of March.

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FROM THE DESK OF JULIA GERLACH

Tillage vs. Herbicides: The Science is Clear

Messages from the mainstream media suggest that herbicides, insecticides and synthetic fertilizers are doing grave damage to the environment. But a survey of scientific literature shows that damage is minimal and short-lived while damage from tillage is much more severe.

POLL

The Impact of the Coronavirus on Your Operation

The coronavirus behind the spread of COVID-19 is affecting life across the globe, resulting in business shutdowns, shelter-in-place rules, supply chain disruptions and more. What impact do you expect the pandemic will have on your farm management and operational goals this spring?

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NO-TILL NEWS

Managing Weeds When Seeding Cover Crops

A new video highlights research at Michigan State University looking at the compatibility of different cover crop species with herbicides used in corn, soybean and wheat.

FEATURE

Digging Up Soil Health, Profitability with ‘Biotic’ Farming

For all intents and purposes, Brendon Rockey farms in a desert where native soils have almost zero organic matter and precipitation is infrequent. But as bleak as that may sound, Rockey’s farm is actually thriving and biologically active.

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