Dust storms leading to tillage practice changes for central IL farmer

A central Illinois farmer says recent experiences with dust storms are leading to practice changes on his farm. Andrew Newberg, who grows corn and soybeans in DeWitt County, says he’s beginning to shift from longtime conventional tillage to a no-till system. “We got caught up in a windstorm this last spring.”  He says, “We had […]

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