Farm values dropped for the first time in 22 years, according to the USDA's Agricultural Land Values and no-till Cash Rents Annual Summary.

Fertilizer application and no-till soil sampling during fall months can be efficient and time-saving practices, and are often the first step to developing an appropriate nutrient management strategy, report AgriEnergy Resources and the Potash and Phosphate Institute.

High-yielding varieties coupled with ideal no-till growing conditions can turn an average crop into a record season.

The spring rush of planting is catching up to the soybean crop in some fields, says University of Kentucky grain crops specialist.

The risk for soybean rust on Ohio's soybean crop and Eastern Corn Belt states is low and, once again, the crop may escape the disease.

Corn prices have settled into a relatively narrow trading range, with December 2009 futures trading between $3.20 and $3.50 per no-till bushel over the past 3 weeks. The relatively low price level reflects the anticipation of a large harvest in 2009, says Darrel Good, University of Illinois economist.

Innovative farmers who provide their communities environmental benefits and who operate profitable farms will host a conservation tour in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia on Aug. 3

If a no-till cropping system provided the highest yields and greatest net profit, what tillage system would you use?

Dan Zinkand, managing editor of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide, has won a first place award in the North American Agricultural Journalists Association (NAAJ) 2010 contest for a column he wrote in The ByLine.

In addition to wet fields and localized flooding, this winter's record snow cover is likely to contribute to abundant winter annual weed infestations in no-till fields.