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No-Tiller Always Ready To Face Changing Conditions

Adjustments to seeding rates, downpressure and coulter depth within fields are necessary for Johnny Davis to no-till successfully in variable soil conditions.

By Darrell Bruggink posted on December 1, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

If there’s one thing farming has proven to Johnny Davis, it’s that there is nothing constant.

Variable-Rate Seeding, Fertilizing Make The Most Of Each Acre

Yields are increasing and becoming more consistent for an Illinois no-tiller who takes time to study his fields and what it takes to reach their full potential.

By Mark Moore posted on June 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Tim Seifert’s move into variable-rate seeding began with his efforts to reach his maximum yield potential while minimizing input costs.

Dare to Compare

This farmer matches his conversation system to varying soil types

By Susan K. Davis posted on November 1, 2006 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Tim Manchester was nonchalantly looking over yield maps when the clusters of dots representing yields glowed as brightly as a K-Mart blue light special.

No-Till On The Rocks

When challenges come knocking, this no-tiller uses his keen sense and strategies to make sure they’re only temporary.

By Katherine Meitner posted on October 1, 2000 | Posted in Soil Health

“There's nobody else that can do our job as no-tillers,” says Dick Lloyd. “We have to come up with our own solutions.”

When No-Till Needs A Helping Hand

Varying soil types often calls for equipment modifications, sometimes major ones.

By Katherine Meitner posted on February 1, 1999 | Posted in Soil Health

In a perfect world, every farm would have rich, fertile soil in which to plant a disease-free crop with their shiny new no-till planter to sell their product to a more-generous market.

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Allan Brooks on Why He Uses a Harvest International Planter

Allan Brooks no-tills 2,200 acres of vegetables in Markesan, Wis. We caught up with him at the 2020 National No-Tillage Conference, where he explained how he came to use Harvest International planters and reveals the new one he had built for the 2020 planting season.

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