Some companies are advertising planters that don’t have to be altered for use in no-till conditions. Nevertheless, the majority of planters need some modification for no-till, says John Siemens, ...

EWING — The original no-till planter was not the primitive but ingenious machine parked here at the Ewing Demonstration Center. It was a screwdriver. Current and former educators associated with the ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Paul Hunter agreed to host an Iowa Learning Farm field day because he thought it might encourage others to consider no-till farming. "No-till is one of those things that unless you see ...

Experts weigh in on no-to-low-till farming equipment, tools, and technology that will preserve the health of your soil to maximize growth potential. Soil consists of sand, silt, and clay, which come ...

Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time. In the Des Moines ...

TORIN HALSEY/TIMES RECORD NEWS Trevor Lalk drives a tractor with a no-till planter to plant corn seed in a field near Punkin Center. Lalk Brothers Farms received an award for their soil conservation ...

ST. LOUIS — John Young’s family has been no-tilling longer than anyone on earth. But he still doesn’t have this thing licked. Young’s father, Harry Young Jr., planted a third of an acre with a crude, ...

Mention no-till around farmers of a certain age, and you will almost certainly hear, “I tried it in the ’80’s. It doesn’t work.” On the Field Work podcast episode “Mudholes in March,” hosts Zach ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District is in the process of gathering names of farmers and businesses willing to either rent out no-till drills or planters or custom hire their services.

Isn't that about as practical as a carpenter who won't hammer or a firefighter who won't climb ladders? Not these days. Frey, a pig farmer in Pequea Township who grows corn, soybeans, wheat and barley ...