Podcasts by No-Till Farmer Podcast
The No-Till Farmer Podcast is the no-tiller's audio source for in-depth knowledge on high-profit no-till crop production, including planting, fertilizing, residue management, crop protection, cover crops and other management practices that promote stewardship of the environment.
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Soil Scientist And Educator Joel Gruver from 2022-02-18T20:12:16
In this week’s podcast, Gruver and Lessiter talk about the prospects for biological farming supplements, the perils and opportunities that arise from combining no-till and organic methods, hands-on...
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Confirming Soil Regeneration With Regenerative Verified Certification from 2022-02-15T13:17:19
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we talk with Russell Hedrick and Liz Haney of Soil Regen, the consulting company behind a trio of new labels...
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Crop Cooperative Agronomist Betsy Bower from 2022-02-04T15:07:18
Today’s episode of the No-Till Innovators and Influencers is a rebroadcast of a 2020 conversation agronomist Betsy Bower had with No-Till Farmer’s Executive Editor Julia Gerlach. In it, Bower discu...
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Finding No-Till Success in the Face of Adversity from 2022-01-28T11:00:34
Jimmy Emmons and Loran Steinlage have built dynamic, profitable no-till operations, but the challenges they face are very different. Jimmy no-tills cash crops and raises livestock in hot, dry weste...
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Adapting No-Till In the Palouse With Russ Zenner from 2022-01-21T20:19:43
Adapting No-Till In the Palouse With Russ Zenner by No-Till Farmer
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Barry Fisher, Soil Health, and the Future of Carbon from 2022-01-15T07:00:08
Barry Fisher, Soil Health, and the Future of Carbon by No-Till Farmer
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25 Living Legends of No-Till with Frank and Mike Lessiter from 2022-01-07T15:00:12
Back in 2019, Frank and Mike Lessiter sat down to discuss 25 legends of the no-till movement who are still alive today. This episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought ...
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Interseeding Covers Into Corn At V4-V5 For No-Till Success from 2021-12-30T20:34:40
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, associate editor Sarah Hill caught up with John Wallace, Penn State University assistant professor of weed science, to discuss his thoughts on how best to get cover...
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Harvesting The History Of No-Till Research With Don Reicosky And Randall Reed from 2021-12-23T14:34:54
In September of 2021, No-Till Farmer commissioned a project to determine the most significant research and publications that assisted in the understanding, and adoption, of no-till agriculture. Ran...
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30 Under 30 With Mitchell Hora, And The Future Of Regenerative Agriculture from 2021-12-17T20:55:58
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Mitchell Hora on the sidelines of the Big Soil Health Event in Riverside, Iowa and spoke with him about, getting named to the list, the potential ...
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From No-Till To Manufacturing With Paul Schaffert from 2021-12-10T20:32:52
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Paul Schaffert, founder of Schaffert Manufacturing Company in Indianola, Neb. about his early succe...
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Connecting Soil Health To Human Health With Rick Clark from 2021-12-03T23:02:55
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with No-tiller Rick Clark to hear about many of the ways his operation and mindset have had to change in order to succeed with the transition. He expla...
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No-Till Lessons & Learnings From Lloyd Murdock from 2021-11-20T00:00:43
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Terrasym, Frank Lessiter talks with Lloyd Murdock, professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky about h...
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Russell Hedrick On Boosting No - Till Profits With Custom Milling from 2021-11-12T21:34:46
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Hickory, North Carolina, no-tiller Russell Hedrick to hear about his latest venture, a mobile grain milling operation he launched alongside partne...
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Managing Resources Using No-Till with Dick Wittman from 2021-11-05T18:09:23
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Dick Wittman, a no-tiller in Lapwai, Idaho, about his transition to no-till, his resource managemen...
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Eliminating Herbicides With AI And Lasers from 2021-10-29T20:53:25
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics, a new company that is tackling weed control with a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) ...
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Digging Deeper Into Cover Crop Benefits With Ray Weil from 2021-10-25T18:17:41
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, we’re sitting in on a presentation by Ray Weil, Soil Scientist at the University of Mary...
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An Allis-Chalmers History Lesson With Tim Brannon from 2021-10-22T18:18:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Tim Brannon, former Allis-Chalmers territory manager and current president of B&G Equipment, Paris, Tenn., talks with Frank L...
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The Impact Of Water, Tillage And Cover Crops On Soil Health from 2021-10-15T12:35:31
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Anthony Bly, Soils Field Specialist with South Dakota State University Extension, who was a presenter at the event. In an interview with associate...
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Howard G. Buffett Shares ‘Role of No-Till in Feeding the World’ from 2021-10-12T19:35:21
Listen to no-tiller & philanthropist Howard G. Buffet's keynote presentation at the 2010 National No-Tillage Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of his presentation, Buffett (son of billion...
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Why No-Till Benefits Birds With Kelly VanBeek Mixdown from 2021-10-07T19:13:21
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Terrasym, Frank Lessiter gets into the weeds with Kelly VanBeek, wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and ...
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Integrating Farm-To-Table Organic Hemp With Covers And Grazing from 2021-09-17T17:28:38
For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Tom Cotter, a no-tiller and strip-tiller in Austin, Minnesota, right after a Minnesota Soil Health School session he hosted at his farm. He explai...
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Agriculture As A Solution To Climate Change from 2021-09-09T19:57:26
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, Frank Lessiter talks with Betsy Bower, an agronomist for Ceres Solutions in Lafayette, I...
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Comparing Three US Carbon Market Programs from 2021-09-03T18:27:15
Carbon market programs are a hot topic amongst farmers today, as they represent a potential new revenue stream for growers who implement conservation practices such as no-till, strip-till and cover...
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Biological Soil Testing With Lance Gunderson from 2021-08-27T17:02:23
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, we caught up with Lance Gunderson, president and co-owner of the recently launched Regen Ag Lab in Pleasanton, Nebra...
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Experiments In No-Till Crop Diversification from 2021-08-23T11:52:41
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Director of Agronomy at Fall Line Capital and no-tiller in Manitoba, Canada, Scott Day about no-til...
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Autonomous Mobile Grazing With The Stock Cropper from 2021-08-13T15:43:11
Finding ways to improve farm profits without taking on more acres is one of Zack Smith’s goals. In fact, the Buffalo Center, Iowa, strip-tiller has a name for it – biohacks. With his mindset of fin...
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Pollinator Habitat On The No-Till Farm from 2021-08-09T13:32:47
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Amy Bartow about the NRCS’ recent initiatives to promote the establishment of pollinator plots and ...
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The Three Legged Stool Of Soil Health With Jeremiah Durbin from 2021-07-29T15:45:17
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, we chat with independent crop consultant Jeremiah Durbin about those physical, chemical and biological aspects of so...
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No-Tilling in the Suburbs with Farmer Ross from 2021-07-23T14:26
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Jackson, Wisconsin, no-tiller Ross Bishop about how he got turned on to no-tilling back in the 199...
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Multi-Cropping For Soil Health, Higher Profits from 2021-07-19T13:56:19
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we chat with Ross Evelsizer of Iowa Resource Conservation and Development. As the director of the organization’s Multi-Cropping Iowa project, Evelsiz...
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Preserving Wetlands On The Farm With Ray McCormick from 2021-07-09T14:49:31
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Vincennes, Ind., no-tiller Ray McCormick about his approaches to conservation and farming intersect...
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Benefitting From Long-Term No-Till With Jerry Grigar, Part 2 from 2021-06-25T12:13:40
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, Frank Lessiter continue his talk with Retired Michigan State Agronomist Jerry Grigar, ab...
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Two Rookies On Crimping Rye In Green-Planted No-Till Soybeans from 2021-06-25T12:13:27
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we chat with no-tillers Sheldon Luehmann of Lewiston, Minn., and Mike Unruh of Winona, Minn., as well as Lance Klessig, a Resource Specialist with th...
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Conservation And Innovation With NRCS Chief, Terry Cosby from 2021-06-11T14:36:48
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with chief of the NRCS, Terry Cosby to hear about how his childhood experience on the farm shaped his views on conservation, his goals ...
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Benefitting From Long-Term No-Till With Jerry Grigar, Part 1 from 2021-06-04T14:15:49
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, Frank Lessiter talks with Retired Michigan State Agronomist Jerry Grigar about many of t...
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Driving Change in Agriculture for Food and Climate Security from 2021-05-28T14:38:01
Recent widespread focus on rising greenhouse gas emissions, the need for increased carbon sequestration and disruptions in the food supply chain have trained the spotlight on agriculture and how it...
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Terminating Covers the Right Way from 2021-05-28T14:38:01
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we're featuring Josh Lofton, Cropping System Specialist with Oklahoma State University. Lofton will discuss t...
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Barry Fisher on Promoting No-Till and Covers with the NRCS from 2021-05-21T14:29:35
Recently retired from a multi-decade career with the NRCS, agronomist Barry Fisher has been a long-time booster of no-till. Based in his home state of Indiana, Fisher’s efforts helped the state’s n...
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Adapting Equipment, Rotation For An Organic Farm System from 2021-05-13T20:38:22
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we chat with Léa Vereecke and Nic Podoll, two recent additions to Rodale’s consulting team, to learn more abo...
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Can Long-Time No-Tillers Get in on the Carbon Marketplace from 2021-05-11T20:30:35
With the current interest in climate change, sequestering carbon and farmers getting carbon sequestration payments being at an all-time high, many no-tillers have been excited about the thought of ...
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Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Farming with Healthy Soils from 2021-04-30T19:21:47
“A highly functional soil will reduce the negative impacts of our agricultural practices…Runoff and soil erosion are major contributors to degrading water quality…and as we discuss soil health, we ...
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Archuleta, Brown And Hedrick On Boosting Profits With Soil Health from 2021-04-23T14:32:13
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, we chat with soil health experts Ray Archuleta, Gabe Brown and Russell Hedrick at a Soil Health Academy training ...
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Lynn Overboe: Solutions And Hacks For Long-Term No-Till Success from 2021-04-16T15:16:17
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we’re sharing the story of Kindred, North Dakota no-tiller Lynn Overboe, as narrated by frequent No-Till Farmer contributor Dan Crummett. Farming 1,2...
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No-Tilling In Peace Country With Jason Casselman from 2021-04-09T14:18:54
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, Frank Lessiter talks with Jason Casselman, a no-tiller from Fairview, Alberta, Canada...
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Gabe Brown On Regenerative Ag, The Climate And Farm Profitability from 2021-03-25T15:19:58
Join us as North Dakota no-tiller Gabe Brown discusses that experience and shares his thoughts on how government programs could be designed so as to allow farmers to adopt regenerative practices mo...
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Pushing Yields With Fertility And Drainage With Harold Reetz from 2021-03-19T15:58:53
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., Frank Lessiter talks with Retired Agronomy Consultant Harold Reetz about his approach to fe...
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Solving Farm Management Problems With Alternative Forages from 2021-03-12T17:30:58
Our guest for this week’s podcast is Brendon Blank, an independent certified forage specialist who works for Byron Seeds. Based in Ixonia, Wisconsin, Brendon helps farmers solve management problems...
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Narrow-Row No-Till With Allen Berry from 2021-03-05T15:34:11
In this podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Allen Berry about the various configurations he’s tried, why he’s currently planting 20-inch non-GMO corn, his thoughts on whether or not no-tillers need ...
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Kicking The Virtual Tires With Big Iron Auctions from 2021-02-26T20:47:43
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we’re checking in with co-founder and co-CEO of Big Iron Auctions, Mark Stock as he shares some industry trends and predictions. Join us to hear Mark...
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How Strip-Till Got Started, With Rich Follmer from 2021-02-19T15:07
For this podcast, Frank Lessiter talks with Rich Follmer, who became known as the ‘grandfather ‘ of strip-till, about that early strip-till toolbar, how he started building berms in the fall, his t...
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Cashing In On Carbon With Kelly Garrett from 2021-02-11T13:55:11
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, fifth-generation grower Kelly Garrett discusses how his management practices align with the carbon credits marketplace, why he started entering Natio...
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One-On-One With The Grandfather Of No-Till, Bill Richards from 2021-02-04T15:25:37
For this podcast, we, sat down with Bill Richards to talk about the history of no-till adoption on his farm, the early innovators that helped him along, such as Kinze founder John Kinzenbaw and int...
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Jonathan Lundgren On Evaluating Regenerative Farming Practices from 2021-01-29T22:59:33
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we’re sharing a conversation with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, entomologist Dr. Jonathan Lundgren to discuss a new...
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The Surprising Tale Of How The Thompson Closing Wheel Came To Be from 2021-01-22T13:40:36
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, editor Frank Lessiter talks with Thompson about how his understanding of no-till evolved through experiments with ridge-till,...
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Pairing Cover Crops with Herbicides to Combat Weeds from 2021-01-14T17:22:50
For this week’s podcast, we’re sharing a conversation between Cover Crop Strategies associate editor Sarah Hill and Bill Johnson, professor of weed science with Purdue University. In this interview...
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Marion Calmer on Improving No-Till Profits with On-Farm Research from 2021-01-08T21:18:52
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, editor Frank Lessiter talks with Marion about the discoveries he’s made in his nearly 4 decades of no-tilling, including why ...
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David Moose: One Bold Move Leads to No-Till Success from 2020-12-23T21:45:08
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, we share a reading of a story from David Moose, which explains how he’s succeeded with continuous soybean acres by widening the rows, cutting populati...
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No-Till and Direct Seeding in the Palouse from 2020-12-17T19:52:53
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with the production ag manager for the Spoka...
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Betsy Bower: An Agronomist’s Take on No-Till from 2020-12-11T15:01:34
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we caught up with ong-time agronomist with Ceres Solutions, Betsy Bower, to get an agronomist’s viewpoint on no-till and co...
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Jerry Eitle: Engineering Decades of No-Till Success from 2020-12-04T14:11:44
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Attica, Ohio, grower Jerry Eitle about...
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Ag Innovations: Carbon Farming and Swarm Technology from 2020-11-25T20:17:03
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, Jack Zemlicka, editorial director here at Lessiter Media, spoke with 6th-generation farmer Ben Riensche, owner and manager of Blue Diamond Farm...
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Pushing No-Till To The Next Level With Jim Hershey from 2020-11-20T16:44:17
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Pennsylvania no-tiller Jim Hershey abo...
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Steve Groff and the Future-Proof Farm from 2020-11-13T13:46:53
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, I spoke with Holtwood, Pennsylvania no-tiller Steve Groff about his book, “The Future-Proof Farm,” which explores the market changes facing to...
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Glover Triplett and the Early Days of No-Till Research from 2020-11-05T21:30:16
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer “Influencers and Innovators” podcast, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ohio State University weed scientist, Glover Triplett about some of his...
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The Soil Carbon Solution With Rodale Institute’s Jeff Moyer from 2020-10-23T18:50:04
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, we caught up with Jeff to talk about a new white paper put out recently by Rodale Institute, called “Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carb...
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Dwayne Beck and the Dakota Lakes Research Farm: Part 2 from 2020-10-16T12:57:24
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer “Influencers and Innovators” podcast, we’re bringing you part 2 of an interview that Cover Crop Strategies Associate Editor Sarah Hill did with Dwayne Beck, r...
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Regenerative Organic No-Till with Rick Clark from 2020-10-07T16:05:44
Indiana no-tiller Rick Clark has gained some notoriety recently as one of a handful of farmers who is making organic no-till work — and on a large scale. Cropping about 7,000 acres near Williamspor...
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Roy Applequist on Building the First Great Plains No-Till Grain Drill from 2020-10-01T18:14:09
In 1976, Roy Applequist founded Great Plains Mfg. which went on to become one of the major suppliers of no-till farming equipment. A few years later, the company saw the need for equipment designed...
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Spreading the Word About Regenerative Ag with Kiss the Ground Directors from 2020-09-25T15:51:01
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, I caught up with Josh and Rebecca to get a little inside scoop about their latest film, Kiss the Ground, which takes a wide-ranging look at reg...
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Digging Into the Rhizosphere with Jill Clapperton from 2020-09-18T14:17:01
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer “Influencers and Innovators” podcast, No-Till Farmer Editor Frank Lessiter talks with soil health specialist and rhizosphere ecologist, Jill Clapperton about t...
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Unlocking the Power of Soil with DNA Testing from 2020-09-11T15:24:32
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, we're joined by Trace Genomics co-founder, Poornima Parameswaran, who explains what Trace Genomics’ soil DNA test is abl...
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Dwayne Beck And The Dakota Lakes Research Farm: Part 1 from 2020-09-04T15:05:18
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, we're joined by Cover Crop Strategies Associate Editor Sarah Hill in the first of a tw...
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Getting Behind No-Till, Cover Crops In The Semi - Arid U.S. from 2020-08-26T20:30:18
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, senior editor John Dobberstein spoke with Craig Bednarz, director of the West Texas A&M Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems w...
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No-Tilling North Of The Border from 2020-08-21T12:22:19
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Halford about the zero-till movement i...
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Boosting Yields with Cutting Edge Nitrogen Enhancements from 2020-08-14T13:44:04
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, we caught up with no-tiller Bryan Tomm of Carmi, Illinois by phone to talk about nitrogen and his efforts to preserve th...
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David Dukes on Transitioning CRP Land to No-Till Production from 2020-08-07T17:53:23
In this episode of the “No-Till FarmerInfluencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter Frank Lessiter talks with David about his approach...
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7 Reasons to Use Cover Crops with Loran Steinlage and Jay Baxter from 2020-07-30T20:58:01
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, West Union, Iowa no-tiller Loran Steinlage sat down with Jay Baxter, who no-tills more than 2,000 acres of corn, soybean...
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Ray McCormick On Using Cover Crop In 60-Inch Corn, Soil Building And Game Hunting from 2020-07-23T20:47:47
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Sixth-generation farmer Ray McCormick ...
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Rattan Lal On The Role Of Soil In Conservation Agriculture from 2020-07-16T19:59:44
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, we caught up with soil scientist Rattan Lal and talked about how he came to focus on carbon instead of synthetic inputs,...
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Taking A Systems Approach To No-Till With Paul Jasa from 2020-07-10T13:46:30
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ag engineer Paul Jasa with the Univers...
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Biological Farming With Gary Zimmer from 2020-06-25T13:55:50
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we met up with Gary Zimmer, also known as the “father” of biological farming, on the Taliesin grounds where he talked abou...
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No-Till Organic Systems With Erin Silva from 2020-06-18T12:47:43
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Dr. Erin Silva, associate professor spec...
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General Mills and Regenerative Ag in North Dakota from 2020-06-12T15:42:45
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we’ll hear excerpts from our conversation with Wolford, North Dakota no-tiller Paul Overby and General Mills’ Senior Princ...
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The Evolution of the Ridge-Till System with Bud Fleischer from 2020-06-05T12:33:48
In this No-Till Farmer “Innovator and Influencer” podcast, we look back at a reduced tillage practice that was developed even before the no-till movement got started. In this episode, No-Till Farm...
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To The Edge: Managing Soil Health, Nutrients And Diversity With Cover Crops from 2020-05-28T18:28:48
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, West Union, Iowa no-tiller Loran Steinlage is joined by Dale Richardson, who no-tills about 500 acres of corn, soybeans an...
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No-Tilling In The Lake Erie Basin And Beyond With Joe Nester from 2020-05-22T14:20:32
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer “Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with independent ag consultant Joe Nester.
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Improving Efficiency, Profits, And Soil Health With No-Till from 2020-05-15T23:02:48
In this podcast, we hear from veteran no-tiller Mark Chapman, who systematically refines his operation with efficiency as one of his main drivers. Andrew Reuschel, who was a speaker at the 2020 con...
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Understanding the Carbon Cycle with Don Reicosky from 2020-05-07T20:20:40
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer “Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky.
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Sonny Perdue Explains The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program from 2020-04-23T18:53:47
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we’ll hear from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, who outlines the CFAP relief package and then takes questions ...
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Breaking Corn Yield Records With David Hula Mixdown from 2020-04-16T13:22:54
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor catches up with two experienced farmers — David Hula and Darin S...
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Using Ryegrass To Break Up Fragipan Soils from 2020-04-09T19:30:27
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Auction Time, we'll share a discussion between Ralph Upton Jr. of Springerton, Illinois and ag researcher John Pike. We’ll cover th...
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Tales Of An Accidental No-Tiller from 2020-04-06T14:34:58
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Rogers, Neb., farmer Ed Neesen, who, a...
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To the Edge: A Conversation With Loran Steinlage And Angela Knuth from 2020-03-26T17:33:40
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, and for occasional future episodes, we’ve paired West Union, Iowa, no-tiller Loran Steinlage up with a no-tiller he’s never met before and asked him ...
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The Growth Of No-Till And Strip-Till In California from 2020-03-20T18:33:54
In this episode of the "No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Jeff Mitchell, a Cropping Systems C...
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Cutting Inputs, Growing Liquid Corn and Sequestering Carbon with Russell Hedrick from 2020-03-12T16:25:07
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re joined by Russell Hedrick who talks about how his experience as a young first-generation farmer faced with soil ...
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Managing No-Till Nutrients And Manure In Dairy Country from 2020-03-05T15:18:40
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Jake Kaderly, an agronomist with 38...
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Reducing Costs and Increasing Yields with Central Tire Inflation Systems from 2020-02-27T21:02:20
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re going to talk tires, and specifically, we’ll hear about central tire inflation systems (CTIS), which are becoming...
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Eliminating Soil Erosion By No-Tilling Green With Frank Martin from 2020-02-21T18:34:59
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Frank Martin who has been no-tillin...
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Maximizing Sunlight And Carbon With Intercropping from 2020-02-17T14:07:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we caught up with Gaston, Indiana, no-tiller Jason Mauck by phone and he shared some details about how his ever-evolvin...
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Early Equipment and Practices from the Heart of No-Till Country from 2020-02-06T22:12:20
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ross Morgan of H&R Agri-Power, who ...
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Building Healthy Bug Popultions For Better No-Till Crops from 2020-01-30T20:21:06
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we caught up with Mike Bredeson, a research scientist with the Ecdysis Foundation who'll share some of his fin...
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No-Tilling for the Seed Market with Garth Mulkey from 2020-01-24T10:00:10
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Garth Mulkey of GS3 Quality Seed, w...
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Learning From Cover Crop Failures from 2020-01-16T17:29:21
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re joined by long-time no-tiller Steve Groff from Holtwood, Pa., who talks about how to cope when cover cropping goe...
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Battling Surface Soil Compaction with Bob Featheringill from 2020-01-10T11:00:06
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with retired no-tiller Bob Featheringill...
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The Biology Of Regenerative Soils from 2019-12-27T18:32:33
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re sharing a recent talk that soil microbiologist Dr. Kris Nichols gave at the Clemson Soil Health Conference, where...
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Jonathan Lundgren On No-Till And The Regenerative Ag Movement from 2019-12-20T14:01:18
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, founder of Blue ...
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Feeding the Soil for Improved No-Till Results from 2019-12-12T21:36:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we're joined by Doug Newton and Loran Steinlage, who talk no-till, compare notes about their experiences, the soil heal...
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Planting Green And Other No-Till Strategies With Mike Starkey from 2019-12-06T14:02:21
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Mike Starkey, who no-tills 2,500 acre...
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Improving Your ROI With Cover Crops from 2019-11-21T18:53:56
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we're joined by veteran no-tiller Dave Brandt of Carroll, Ohio, who shares some of his many experiences with cover crops.
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Ray Ward on Soil Testing and No-Till Nutrient Management from 2019-11-15T14:43:41
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with soil scientist Ray Ward, who founded Wa...
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Pest Management In A No-Till, Cover Crop System from 2019-11-08T16:27:12
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we're joined by Douglas Jones, an entomologist for Bayer Crop Science working in Nebraska where he does field research ...
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Compaction And Controlled Traffic With Randall Reeder from 2019-10-31T19:59:11
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Randall Reeder, who has done years of r...
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Getting Better Results With A Systems Approach To No-Till And Soil Health from 2019-10-24T21:20:57
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., ag engineer at the University of Nebraska, Paul Jasa, spoke at the 2019 National No-Tillage Conference, explaining the ...
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No-Till Insights And Observations With Dan Towery from 2019-10-17T15:06:21
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Dan Towery, who has worked to advance...
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Ray Rawson: The Father of Zone Tillage from 2019-10-10T15:08:11
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ray Rawson about zone tillage, the Zone...
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Understanding Nutrient Cycling And Soil Tests from 2019-10-02T20:29:02
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we catch up with Ray Ward of Ward Laboratories, at the 2019 National No-Tillage Conference where he gets into the nitty...
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Building Resilience In Your No-Till Soils from 2019-09-26T14:28:55
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we're joined by Jamie Patton, a senior outreach specialist for the nutrient and pest management program for the Un...
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Guy Swanson And The Yielder Drill from 2019-09-19T16:33:07
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks Guy Swanson, who, along with his father, Mort...
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Combatting Compaction With No-Till And Cover Crops from 2019-09-12T20:10:35
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we're joined by NRCS soil health specialist Jim Hoorman who explains how improving soil structure with no-till and...
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The Tye Grain Drill and Narrow-Row Soybeans from 2019-09-05T18:51:03
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with no-till legend John Tye, who was instr...
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Farming Green with No-Tiller Rick Clark from 2019-08-30T12:51:51
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we we hear listen in as Rick Clark explains how for the past few years he’s avoided applying pesticides, fungicide...
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Revolutionizing Agriculture With No-Till Legend John Bradley from 2019-08-23T14:39:04
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with no-till legend John Bradley about his ex...
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The Dangers And Opportunities Of Growing Hemp from 2019-08-15T13:05:05
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we hear from long-time no-tiller Steve Groff , who explains everything from hemp basics to best methods for weed c...
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Jim Leverich: Advancing No-Till Through Research, Practice, and Extension Service from 2019-08-09T15:26:50
This episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, No-till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with longtime no-tiller and county extension a...
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Using a Foliar Fertilizer for Higher Yields from 2019-07-25T13:51:51
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we listen in on a Conklin conference call, with host Dan Willgohs and special guest Kip Cullers as they discuss Ki...
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Marketing The Value Of No-Till With Karl Kupers Of Shepherd's Grain from 2019-07-18T21:08:45
This episode of the “No-till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, features one of the most successful value-added projects ever started by no-tillers. Afte...
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18 Ideas For Healthier No-Till Soils, Yields, And Profits from 2019-07-11T17:44:02
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Midwest Bio-Tech, we'll hear from Robby Bevis of Lonoke, Arkansas; Mike Brocksmith of Vincennes, Indiana; and Jerry Peery of Clinton...
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Conservation Farming in the U.S. and Abroad with Hans Kok from 2019-07-03T18:41:28
In this episode of the “No-till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, conservation consultant Hans Kok joins Frank Lessiter for an exploratory conversation ...
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The Importance Of Precision In Agronomic Data from 2019-06-27T18:46:16
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we're joined by Ron LeMay of Main Street Data, who talks about the importance of precision in agronomic data c...
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Breeding Success in No-Till with “No-Till Bill” Haddad from 2019-06-21T12:35:08
In this episode of the “No-till Farmer Influencers & Innovators” podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, no-till pioneer Bill Haddad joins Frank Lessiter for a wide-ranging conversation about...
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Planting Green With No-Till And Cover Crops: A Year-Round Ecological System from 2019-06-12T21:35:30
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we’ll hear from Maryland farmer Trey Hill as he shares his thoughts on the ecology of farming and talking abo...
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Growing Corn In 60-Inch Rows from 2019-06-05T15:13:50
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, retired John Deere engineer Bob Recker shares an innovative idea for making better use o...
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A Conversation With Soil Health Advocates Ray Archuleta, Gabe Brown, And Russell Hedrick from 2019-05-23T18:24:46
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we share a Q&A interview conducted at the Understanding Ag and the Soil Health Academy, featuring certified p...
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Reflecting On 25 Years Of No-Till Learning from 2019-05-16T13:01:47
In this No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome Frank Lessiter, Allen Berry, Allan Brooks, R.D. Wolheter, Bryan Von Holten, Scott Davidson, and Randall Reeder to reflect...
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Why Cover Crop Acreage is Growing, and Important Rule Changes That May Reduce the Risk from 2019-05-10T13:26:55
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we share a Q&A interview with senior editor John Dobberstein and Rob Myers, regional director of extension pr...
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A Chat with No-Till Innovators Charlie Hammer and Nancy Kavazanjian from 2019-05-02T14:12:37
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, editor, Frank Lessiter, chats with the husband and wife team of Charlie Hammer and Nancy...
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Understanding Conservation Agriculture And Carbon Management In Your No - Till Operation from 2019-04-23T21:29:19
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, retired USDA soil scientist Don Reicosky outlines the connection between soil health principles and carbon ma...
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Early No-Till Recollections with Ag Economist Howard Doster from 2019-04-18T18:23:50
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, Frank Lessiter, chats with retired ag economist Howard Doster, who received a PhD in ag...
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Growing Hemp: Potential Opportunities and Problems for U.S. Growers from 2019-04-11T18:44:52
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, Casey Seymour of Moving Iron LLC sits down with Kristen Nichols of Hemp Industry Daily for an overview of the ...
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Brian Newcombe: No-Tilling Small Fields in Nova Scotia from 2019-04-04T14:39:01
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers &Innovations podcast, brought to you by Martin Industries, editor, Frank Lessiter, chats with Canadian no-tiller and strip-tiller Brian Newcombe.
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The Future of No-Till and Cover Crops with New NRCS Chief, Matthew Lohr from 2019-03-21T19:20:05
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, Lessiter Media president Mike Lessiter sits down for an exclusive one-on-one talk with the newly appointed 16t...
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No-Tilling Vegetables with No-Till Pioneer Allen Brooks from 2019-03-14T19:54:33
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations” podcast, brought to you by Ingersoll & Agrisolutions, Frank Lessiter sits down at the 2019 National No-Tillage Conference with Alle...
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Putting More Money in Your Pocket with a Diversified No-Till Operation from 2019-03-07T19:08:36
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we are joined by longtime no-tiller Jan Layman, who shares the economic payoffs he’s gained as a result of div...
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NTII Ep. 004 A Global Perspective on No-Till with Phil Needham from 2019-03-01T18:26:53
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations” podcast, brought to you by Ingersoll & Agrisolutions, Frank Lessiter chats with Phil Needham, owner of Needham Ag Technologies.
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NTF Ep. 060 Transitioning to an Organic System: Opportunities & Obstacles from 2019-02-22T17:11:23
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we share excerpts from our conversations at the National Farm Machinery Show, where manufacturers and farmers ...
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NTII Ep. 003 No-Tilling on the Slopes of Washington State with John Aeschliman from 2019-02-15T17:14:14
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations” podcast, brought to you courtesy of Ingersoll & Agrisolutions, Frank Lessiter chats with John Aeschliman who no-tills on the steep ...
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Ep. 059 Digging Deeper on the Status of Your Soil Health from 2019-02-08T16:07:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we’re pleased to share excerpts from Abbey Wick’s conversation with Tony Kramer on the RDO Equipment Co. Agri...
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NTII Ep. 002 No-Tilling in West Virginia with Mike Wolpert from 2019-01-31T21:45:57
In this episode of the “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations” podcast, brought to you courtesy of Ingersoll & Agrisolutions, Frank Lessiter chats with long-time West Virginia no-tiller, Mike Wo...
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Ep. 058 Fighting Through the Evolving Landscape of Row Crop Diseases & Finding No-Till Profitability from 2019-01-24T16:02:30
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we are joined by Carl Bradley, plant pathologist at the University of Kentucky, to discuss how no-tillers can ...
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NTII Ep. 001 The Early Days of No-Till Farming from 2019-01-18T14:53:59
For this first “official” episode of the all-new “No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations” podcast, Mike Lessiter interviews his dad, Frank Lessiter, on the roots of no-till and conservation tilla...
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Ep. 057 Boosting Productivity in Your No-Tilled Soils with a More Efficient Fertility Program from 2019-01-09T21:01:14
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by no-tiller and on-farm research coordinator for the University of Wisconsin, Jim Leverich, to d...
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NTII Ep. 000 Introducing the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovations Podcast from 2019-01-03T20:20:25
In premiere this episode of the new No-Till Farmer podcast, Influencers & Innovations brought to you by Ingersoll & AgriSolution, Frank Lessiter will talk about why no-till is still as important to...
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Ep. 056 How Plants Find Their Food — the Behavioral Science Underlying Plant Nutrition from 2018-12-27T15:01:14
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by experimental plant ecologist J.C. Cahill from the University of Alberta to discuss root moveme...
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Ep. 055 Ending Continuous Corn Yield Penalties with Better Residue, Agronomic Management from 2018-12-14T14:27:52
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by University of Illinois crop physiology research assistant Alison Vogel who will discuss how ac...
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Ep. 054 Controlling Water to Reduce Risk and Push No-Till Profits from 2018-11-21T15:47:45
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined no-tiller Darren Grogan, who he shares how the family’s irrigation and drainage program helps the...
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Ep. 053 Building Up Your No-Till Nutrient Management to Protect the Environment & Your Profitability from 2018-11-09T17:14:15
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by co-director of the University of Wisconsin’s Discovery Farms program Amber Radatz who will sha...
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Ep. 052 Designing a Cover Crop Mix and Managing Your Creation from 2018-10-25T16:35:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we're joined by Adam Daugherty who will discuss planting logistics when no-tillers are seeding cover crop mixe...
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Ep. 051 Realizing ROI and Identifying Pain Points of Precision Tools Part 2 from 2018-10-11T21:34:41
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we continue the conversation with selected excerpts from our roundtable conversation from the 4th annual Natio...
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Ep. 050 Realizing ROI and Identifying Pain Points of Precision Tools from 2018-09-27T14:23:06
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, we share selected excerpts from our roundtable conversation from the 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference...
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Ep. 049 It’s All About Carbon: Building a Thriving Soil Biological Community from 2018-09-14T13:03:28
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, we're discussing healthy soils and diverse organisms with Dennis Chessman, the team leader for the NRCS ...
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Ep. 048 Nuts and Bolts of No-Till Crop Nutrition Part 2 from 2018-08-23T13:31:57
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, we continue our discussion with John Grove, director of the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center,...
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Ep. 047 Nuts and Bolts of No-Till Crop Nutrition Part 1 from 2018-08-09T15:33:24
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, we welcome John Grove, director of the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, to discuss the uniqu...
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Ep. 046 Tips and Strategies for Getting More Success with Aerially Seeded Cover Crops from 2018-07-26T20:10:42
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Calmer Corn Heads, we welcome Damon Reabe, aerial cover crop applicator and co-owner of Dairyland Aviation from Waupun, Wis., to exp...
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Ep. 045 Can I Increase Soil Organic Matter by 1% This Year? – Part 2 from 2018-07-12T13:11:28
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we continue our discussion with Penn State University no-till and cover crop researcher Sjoerd Duiker on the thought-pr...
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Ep. 044 Can I Increase Soil Organic Matter by 1% This Year? – Part 1 from 2018-06-21T20:03:16
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Penn State University no-till and cover crop researcher Sjoerd Duiker to discuss the thought-provoking topic...
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Ep. 043 Strategies for Protecting Corn Against Yield-Robbing Western Bean Cutworm from 2018-06-07T20:35:51
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Ohio State University field crops specialist Kelley Tilmon to discuss the rise of Bt resistant Western bean ...
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Ep. 042 Regenerating No-Till Soils After a Season of Saturated Soil from 2018-05-24T12:53:04
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Barry Fisher, a veteran soil health expert and regional team leader with Indiana’s NRCS office to discuss so...
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Ep. 041 Do You Know Your Spray Nozzle Sweet Spot? from 2018-05-10T18:25:34
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome veteran application expert and the owner of Wolf Consulting & Research in Mahomet, Ill., Bob Wolf will discu...
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Ep. 040 Strategies for Getting Off the Starting Block with Cover Crops: Part 2 from 2018-04-26T18:26:59
In the second part of this two-part podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., cover crop educator and Pennsylvania no-tiller Steve Groff concludes by sharing important insights for no-tillers who are...
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Ep. 039 Strategies for Getting Off the Starting Block with Cover Crops: Part 1 from 2018-04-13T14:54:29
In the first part of this two-part podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg. Co., cover crop educator and Pennsylvania no-tiller Steve Groff will talk about the mindset necessary to be successful in a...
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Ep. 038 Using Regenerative Agriculture to Revive Your No-Till System from 2018-03-22T16:05:16
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Yetter Mfg. Co., we welcome Gabe Brown, a veteran no-tiller and the owner of Brown’s Ranch in Bismarck, N.D. Gabe shares his ...
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Ep. 037 Tackling Application, Labeling Challenges for Herbicide-Tolerant Cropping Systems from 2018-03-08T17:27:09
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, we welcome Bob Wolf, a veteran application expert and the owner of Wolf Consulting & Research who disc...
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Ep. 036 Balancing Insecticide Use and Soil Health Through An IPM Approach from 2018-02-23T14:56:43
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, we welcome John Tooker, an entomologist from Penn State University who says, "integrated Pest Manageme...
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Ep. 035 Finding and Fixing Nutrient Imbalances in No-Tilled Crops from 2018-02-08T17:30:43
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, we welcome Neal Kinsey, a fertility expert and agronomist from Charleston, Missouri who will examine t...
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Ep. 034 Soybean Health Tips: A 3-Part Series from 2018-01-25T14:44:02
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, we feature three short podcasts originally developed by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff prog...
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Ep. 033 Healthy Plants Grow in Healthy Soils — and Understanding Why That Is from 2018-01-10T16:37:19
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing Company, principal scientist at Rhizoterra Inc. Jill Clapperton discusses the characteristics of healthy soils ...
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Ep. 032 Big Data — Discovering the Value of an Underutilized Asset from 2017-12-21T20:57:17
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, Ohio State University ag engineer and precision specialist Scott Shearer discusses how big data trends will affe...
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Ep. 031 Digging Deeper into Cover Crop Benefits from 2017-12-07T20:15:42
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, author and University of Maryland researcher Ray Weil discusses his findings regarding the principles of soil pr...
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Ep. 030 History and Insights from No-Till Pioneer Bill Richards from 2017-11-22T21:26:10
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we sat down with Bill Richards, know as the “Grandfather of No-Till,” to discuss the storied history of no-till ...
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Ep. 029 Managing Annual Ryegrass In No-Till — It’s All About The Details from 2017-11-09T20:55:43
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by no-till consultant with Ag Conservation Solutions, Dan Towery, who discusses some of the benefi...
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Ep. 028 The Importance of Sulfur and Tips for Utilizing it for Your Crops from 2017-10-25T20:11:28
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by fertility expert Neal Kinsey, to discuss the need for sulfur and its significant role in plant ...
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Ep. 027 Managing Soil Biology for Faster Crop Residue Breakdown from 2017-10-12T13:50:53
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by Doug Miller from Midwest Bio-Tech who provides an in-depth look into the science behind residue...
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Ep. 026 Getting to Know the Trillions of Friends Underfoot from 2017-09-22T15:52
Time and time again, no-tillers have proven that they have a genuine interest on what’s going on below the field surface. Where some farmers call the ground they farm “dirt,” almost as if it’s some...
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Ep. 025 Turning Mountains of Precision Data into an Asset for Your No-Till Operation from 2017-09-07T21:21:56
During the 2017 National No-Tillage Conference, Jeremy Wilson, technology specialist at Crop IMS, spoke at length about the best practices for collecting, sorting through and using precision data, ...
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Ep. 024 Seeking the Perfect No-Till Picket-Fence Stand: Part 2 from 2017-08-24T14:13:19
We continue our discussion with University of Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa who, over a 40-year career studying no-till, has become one of the best sources of information in the Midwest on ...
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Ep. 023 Seeking The Perfect No-Till Picket-Fence Stand: Part 1 from 2017-08-10T13:57:38
Over a 40-year career studying no-till, Paul Jasa has become one of the best sources of information in the Midwest on no-till planting equipment and proper placement of seed in the soil. The Univer...
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Ep. 022 The Shoulders on Which We Stand ... The Living Legends of No-Till History from 2017-07-27T18:23:24
Check out the 22nd episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, “The Shoulders on Which We Stand ... The Living Legends of No-Till History,” brought to you by Topcon Agriculture. In this podcast, ...
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Ep. 021 Onfarm Research Results: The Many Things One No-Tiller Has Learned from 2017-07-13T20:08:21
Check out the 21st episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, "Onfarm Research Results: The Many Things One No-Tiller Has Learned," brought to you by Topcon Agriculture. In this episode, we welc...
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Ep. 020 Why Phosphorus is Leaving the Farm and What to Do About it from 2017-06-23T15:23:22
Check out the 20th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, "Why Phosphorus is Leaving the Farm and What to Do About it," brought to you by Montag Mfg. In this episode, we welcome Joe Nester t...
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Ep. 019 Managing Micronutrients with Tissue Testing and Fertilizer from 2017-06-08T19:07:46
In the 19th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome President of Ward Laboratories, Ray Ward to share his knowledge on micronutrients and what no-tillers ca...
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Ep. 018 Enabling No-Till Yields to Increase with Earthworms and Drainage from 2017-05-25T20:44:27
In the 18th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Doral Kemper to share how no-tillers can increase their soil’s water table — and yield — with earthworms.
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Ep. 017 15 Tips for a More Efficient and Environmentally Responsible Fertility Program from 2017-05-11T20:55:24
In the 17th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome the 9th class of Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners to share their 15 tips for a more effecti...
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Ep. 016 Developing an Efficient Fertility System for High No-Till Yields and Profitability from 2017-04-26T21:08:40
In the 16th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Jim Leverich to discuss how he’s developed an efficient fertility system for his no-till operation, and ...
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Ep. 015 How a System Built on Stewardship Benefits the Environment and the Bottom Line from 2017-04-12T21:26:13
In the 15th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we welcome Seth Watkins to talk about how he’s using conservation to benefit his farm and his community.
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Ep. 014 How On-Farm Testing Can Provide a $150 Per Acre ROI from 2017-03-23T15:51:06
In the 14th episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome no-till innovator Marion Calmer to share the lessons he’s learned and the improvements he’s made, than...
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Ep. 013 Lessons from 55 Years of No-Tilling from 2017-03-08T22:39:51
In our thirteenth No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome John and Alex Young to share the lessons they’ve learned from the first 55 years of no-tilling.
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Ep. 012 Six Strategies to Manage Crop Production Risk on Poorly Drained Claypan Soils from 2017-02-24T19:22:45
In our twelfth No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome Eddie Hoff to discuss the keys to effective no-till farming on poorly drained, claypan soils.
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Ep. 011 Turning a Profit and Improving the Health of Thin, Abused Piedmont Soils from 2017-02-09T22:20:24
In our eleventh No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome Jim Howard to share the lessons he’s learned from no-tilling corn, soybeans and wheat in Mooresville, North Carol...
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Ep. 010 Reflecting on 25 Years of No-Till Learning from 2017-01-27T22:13:33
In our tenth No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome Frank Lessiter, Allen Berry, Allan Brooks, R.D. Wolheter, Bryan Von Holten, Scott Davidson, and Randall Reeder to re...
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Ep. 009 7 Keys to Running a Successful No-Till Operation from 2017-01-11T16:06:31
In our ninth No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Copperhead Ag, we welcome Mike Wolpert to talk about the steps no-tillers need to take to ensure they have a successful operation in the long ...
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Ep. 008 Measures for Protecting, Building Quality No-Till Soils from 2016-12-30T20:47:37
In our eighth episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Steve Berger to talk about how to protect and build the soil with no-till and cover crops.
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Ep. 007 How Intensive Nitrogen Use is Browning the Green Revolution from 2016-12-20T21:58:48
In our seventh No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we welcome Richard Mulvaney to talk about why nitrogen fertilizers are not building your soils, and what you can do ab...
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Ep. 006 Managing Micronutrients with Soil Testing and Fertilizer from 2016-12-06T21:52:44
In our sixth episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., Ward Laboratories founder and president Ray Ward will discuss the two methods of evaluation: soil testing and plan...
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Ep. 005 Soil Testing to Achieve Adequate No-Till Nutrient Levels from 2016-11-15T21:43:41
In our fifth episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Ray Ward, founder and president of Ward Laboratories, to discusses the essential nutrients plants need,...
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Ep. 004 How to Diversify Your No-Till Rotation from 2016-11-01T20:59:51
In our fourth episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome back Dwayne Beck, director of the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, S.D., to continue discussing...
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Ep. 003 Why You Need Diversity in Your No-Till System from 2016-10-18T20:09:31
In our third episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., we welcome Dwayne Beck, director of the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, S.D., to discuss the importance of...
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Ep. 002 Doing a Better Job Placing N and P in a No-Till System from 2016-10-04T20:16:51
In our second episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., John Fulton discusses the opportunities for timing and placement of nitrogen and phosphorus, and how new technolo...
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Ep. 001 15 Tips from the 8th Annual Class of Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners from 2016-09-15T18:29:15
In the first No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, we welcome our Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners to share their 15 valuable ideas for you to consider on you...
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