Welcome to Conservation Ag Update. Brownsburg, Ind., No-Till Innovator Mike Starkey stopped by our studio to talk about the 2025 growing season. He’s always looking for ways to improve his efficiency and slash input costs. I asked him, what’s something new you’re trying this year?

“I am trying different products to do that, and one product is called Source from Sound products. With that product, I have several little mini research applications on the farm to see what is the best product to not only increase my yield but to reduce inputs.”

“So that's the thing for me, because this weather has changed since I've been starting farming. We got to manage the weather as best as we can. It's either extreme one way or the other. And so I feel we're ahead of the game with no-till and the cover crops and the soil biology. And if we can get that soil to provide the nutrients as best as we can, I think we'll keep moving on, especially since we have corn and soybean prices below normal production input costs.”  

Starkey does his own on-farm research. He’s trying multiple products to see which ones work best, and if any of them work well together.

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