Midwest conservationists are celebrating “no-till November” by reminding farmers of the benefits of no-till management plans.
Illinois State Conservationist Ivan Dozier tells Brownfield the name is a spin-off of the popular no-shave November and they continue the play on words by encouraging farmers to “leave the stubble.”
“That stubble intercepts the energy rom those rain drops so you don’t get the detachment necessary for erosion and then it slows the runoff coming off of the fields.
