Ryan Heiniger Joins Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) as Executive Director   For Immediate Release For more information, contact... Callie North | north@ctic.org | (317) 450-9137 Steve Werblow | steve@stevewerblow.com | (541) 488-8610     WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (November 8, 2022)—The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) welcomes Ryan Heiniger as its new executive director. Heiniger is a fourth-generation Iowa farmer, wildlife biologist, and has been a non-profit leader for more than two ...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Callie North, CTIC (north@ctic.org); (317) 450-9137 or Steve Werblow, (steve@stevewerblow.com); (541) 951-4212 or Rob Myers, University of Missouri (myersrob@missouri.edu); 573-882-1547 or Bethany Shively, ASTA (bshively@betterseed.org); (703) 837-8140 x332  CALLING ALL FARMERS: SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON COVER CROPS IN NATIONAL SURVEY BY SARE, CTIC AND ASTA   A national survey launched today to gather insight from farmers who plant cover crops, as well as farmers ...more

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Callie North, CTIC (north@ctic.org; (317) 450-9137) or Steve Werblow (steve@stevewerblow.com; (541) 951-4212)     NEW OpTIS DATA FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW 2.5x RISE IN CORN BELT COVER CROPS Corn Belt cover crop acres climbed from 2.8 million to 7.5 million between 2015 and 2021   WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (February 2, 2023)—A new tranche of data from the Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS) tracked a 250% climb in cover crop acreage—from 2.8 ...more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (September 22, 2022)  — The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Houston Engineering, will lead development of a new online tool, the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Connector, as a key element of a new project selected last week for funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities program.   The overall project is being led by the Wolfe’...more

  Despite the crippling rainfall that significantly delayed planting across much of the country in 2019, more than 90% of farmers participating in a national cover crop survey reported that cover crops allowed them to plant earlier or at the same time as non-cover-cropped fields. Among those who had "planted green," seeding cash crops into growing cover crops, 54% said the practice helped them plant earlier than on other fields.   Those findings were among several ...more

New PED Talks Video Series Digs into Soil Health   West Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 29, 2019 -- A series of 10-to-15-minute, science-centered “PED Talks” on soil health has been posted on YouTube. Soil peds are aggregated particles of sand, silt, clay and organic matter. Like their namesake, PED Talks combine soil-related topics including explanations of soil health, how we can improve it, and the progress that’s being made to ensure we have ...more

Remote Sensing Technology Drives Conservation Solutions New Data Show Soil Health Practices on IA, IL and IN Farmland Is Moving in the Right Direction Today marks the first release of regional-scale data from the Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS), a new tool that has the potential to unlock conservation solutions for a variety of food and agricultural supply chain stakeholders. These data document the level of adoption of soil health practices for Illinois, Indiana  ...more