Looking for some inexpensive no-till equipment for your land? The Scott Soil and Water Conservation District will have three drills and a hand seeder available for rental for the upcoming planting ...

Jun. 2—Farming is a way of life in Lewis County, and the Lewis Conservation District is looking to help make sustainable farming easier for county residents, according to Veterans Conservation Corps ...

There’s something about the smell and feel of a freshly plowed field that tugs at the heartstrings of farmers. But unfortunately, that fresh-tilled dirt smell that is so loved actually is the smell of ...

Rising equipment prices are no fun for farmers. Combine that with wait lists of sometimes over a year, and finding the right farm equipment to help implement conservation practices on the farm can be ...

One of the most important parts of any conservation or farming operation is establishing goals to work toward. It is easy to do the same thing year after year because of limited time or finances. What ...

In Power County, Idaho, the rental no-till drill has proved to be popular among farmers. The soil health movement appears to be gaining momentum among Idaho farmers and conservation districts ...

Mitch Lies/For the Capital PressBruce and Helle Ruddenklau of Amity, Ore., gave no-till farming a try and found that it brings many advantages with it. AMITY, Ore. — It was the spring of 1998 when ...

According to geologist David Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, the world loses roughly 23 billion tons of good soil each year. At this rate, it will all be gone within 150 ...

WAYNESBURG – In recognition of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 24-30, the Greene County Conservation District purchased a seven-foot, Great Plains end wheel no-till drill, equipped with three ...

No-till means reduced soil disturbance as an alternative to traditional cultivation by ploughing or discing, in which the soil is broken and then further cultivated to prepare a seedbed for planting ...