No-Till Farmer sent 8 staff members to Decatur, Ill., for the 2023 Farm Progress Show to get the latest info on all the newest cutting-edge technology and no-till advancements. Check out our top picks from the fall farm show below

1. Unverferth Cover Crop Seeder

Unverferth’s new cover crop seeder allows for one-pass seeding and incorporates the seed into the soil for better seed-to-soil contact. “It has a 32 and a half bushel hopper, and that drops down via our air delivery system to our deflectors,” says Andy Unverferth, director of marketing for Unverferth Manufacturing. “Then our deflectors spread the seed out evenly along the ground and our rolling baskets along the back work that seed into the soil.” It also has an electric drive metering system and for users that want to apply at variable rate, there is an optional Raven ISOBUS rate controller.

2. Norm the AI Agronomist by Farmers Business Network

Farmers Business Network (FBN) is in the beta stages of experimentation with a tool it calls “Norm - AI Ag Advisor.” Norm acts as a digital agronomist that you can submit basic questions to and receive fast answers. Charles Baron, co-founder and chief product and marketing advisor for FBN says that cover crops and no-till have been popular topics of inquiry from many of the initial users. “One of the common questions people ask about no-till is actually how to implement or switch to a no-till system,” Baron says. “Norm will help talk through some of…