Farmer-Led Research

This research was funded by Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Jon Bakehouse has been intrigued by the organic no-till movement which emphasizes the elimination of both chemical and tillage inputs in crop production. He recently purchased a …

This research was funded by Walton Family Foundation In a Nutshell: John Van Horn built his own cover crop interseeder and wanted to learn if he could successfully establish cover crops seeded to standing corn and soybeans in …

This research was funded by Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Tim Sieren wanted to maximize the weed suppressive benefits of a rye cover crop before his soybean crop in his no-till system. He knows more rye biomass …

This research was funded by Ceres Trust. In a Nutshell: Cereal rye is a common cover crop used in vegetable cropping systems. With crew members, Alayna Kuntz and Ella Ostedgaard, Kate Edwards evaluated hairy vetch as an alternative …

In a Nutshell: Vegetable farmers have begun to experiment with living mulches to suppress weeds due to issues sourcing weed-seed free straw and corn stover. In this experiment Kate Edwards and Mark Quee compared the use of a …

This research was funded by Ceres Trust. In a Nutshell: Single or double-leader pruning are standard management for high tunnel heirloom tomatoes. Lee Matteson, however, wondered if caging heirlooms tomatoes and not pruning them would produce a greater …

This research was funded by Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Jack Boyer and Dick Sloan have found success for years using winter small grains like cereal rye and winter wheat as cover crops when seeded in the …

This research was funded by Ceres Trust. In a Nutshell: The objective of this trial was to determine which of several salad greens species are most cold tolerant for overwintering. Hannah Breckbill and Emily Fagan of Humble Hands …

In a Nutshell: Emery Davis wanted help with making a decision on whether or not to purchase soybeans with seed treatments in the future. He compared soybeans grown from seed treated with fungicides and a neonicotinoid with soybeans …

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Dick Sloan knows more cover crop biomass often equates to more soil health benefits. The objective of this trial was to determine whether applying modest amounts …

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Dick Sloan has experimented with clovers and other legume green manure cover crops over the past few years. In this trial he trained his focus on …

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: In recent years, Dick Sloan has been evaluating his use of insecticide (neonicotinoid) seed treatments for soybeans in on-farm trials and has found no improvement in …