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Ron Ohlde farms more than 1,000 acres of no-till land near Palmer, Kan. He started working smarter, not harder with the advent of precision farming in the 1980s, and handheld GPS units. Today, he’s a champion, riding a 289.7 bushel per acre yield to first place for Kansas in the National Corn Growers’ Association’s Annual Yield Competition.

Ohlde’s big on technology. He uses satellite imagery and high-powered consultants to accomplish his yield goals, and thrives with help from hybrids furnished by the family seed business.

Ohlde’s story is one of several found in the pages of a new special report “No-Till Corn: Pushing the Boundaries of Yield Potential” issued by No-Till Farmer in October, and included as an insert in the October edition of the magazine, which profiles high-performance no-tillers in the National Corn Growers Association Annual Yield Contest.

Lead content editor Brian O’Connor spoke with Ohlde about his NCGA win, and more.

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