No-Till Farmer’s Best of 2023

The most-viewed content for 2023 on No-TillFarmer.com highlights industry and individual farmer news, presents no-till best practices and innovative solutions, and examines the future of the agriculture industry.

This year, No-Till Farmer readers celebrated record-breaking yields together, mourned the loss of No-Till Legend Dave Brandt, weathered drought conditions, analyzed fertilizer solutions and yield boosting techniques, and sought to improve their soil health. Here is a selection of the top content on the No-Till Farmer website in 2023.


Most Read Feature Articles:

  • Aftermarket Closing Wheels Consistently Boost Bushels By: Dan Crummett
    • Beck’s closing wheel study showed a quick ROI for using aftermarket closers, but one company analyst says closing wheels are the low-hanging fruit in improving planter performance.

  • What Happened to the Legendary Allis-Chalmers No-Till Planter? By: Mike Lessiter
    • Allis-Chalmers (A-C) is widely credited with designing, manufacturing and selling the first “commercially successful” no-till planters in 1966. A-C engineers borrowed from the ideas of Harry Young Jr. on his pioneering Kentucky farm to develop several unique coulter designs and planter frames that made broader no-till acceptance a reality.

  • World’s Longest Continuing No-Till Plots at Ohio State Hit 60 Years By: Mike Lessiter
    • Newly minted Michigan State University Ph.D. recipients Glover Triplett and the late Dave Van Doren arrived at Ohio State University in the late 1950s. Within a few short years, the pair began the world’s first no-till research project at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio, which continues today.

  • Shorter Corn Offers More Yield Potential By:
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Connor Campbell

Connor is the Digital Content Editor for Lessiter Media. He previously served as the Chief Copy Editor for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville before joining the Lessiter Media team in 2022 as the Digital Media Intern.

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