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Mike Lessiter Luncheon Keynote Presentation from 2025 NACD Summer Meeting

July 28, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

No-Till Farmer's Mike Lessiter spoke on the key elements of no-till history and why it’s a blueprint for future change. He also examined critical success factors needed to sustain and grow the practices, and the key role of conservation districts in making successful transitions and adoption a reality.

Learn From Conservation Leaders at NACD Summer Meeting

June 19, 2025

No-Till Farmer's Mike Lessiter is the Luncheon keynote speaker at this year's event.

Degenerative or Regenerative Ag

April 21, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

"I think lately the question that I run into the most is what is regenerative agriculture? And I struggle along with that and try to give my explanation, but my guest today has a perspective of talking about something related to it..."

With Trump and Musk Driving U.S. Policy, Kansas Farmers Have Been Played for Suckers

By Ben Palen posted on April 14, 2025

Ben Palen is a 5th-generation farmer who has no-tilled for more than 40 years. On April 13, Palen offered his viewpoints after Mike Lessiter’s No-Till Farmer blog, “No-Till Farmers a ‘Pawn’ in Trump’s Game of Poker,” posted 3 days earlier. “I wish that I could share your guarded optimism about Trump and farmers,” he wrote to Lessiter.

No-Till Farmers a ‘Pawn’ in Trump’s Game of Poker

They didn’t ask for it, but farmers – and no-tillers in particular – have been forced into patriotic duty as the foot soldiers of President Trump’s ‘New America.’

By Mike Lessiter posted on April 10, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Seeding & Planting

They didn’t ask for it, but farmers – and no-tillers in particular – have been forced into patriotic duty as the foot soldiers of President Trump’s ‘New America.’

Lessiter Media Announces Leadership Team Appointments

April 8, 2025

Lessiter Media Inc., owned and operated by Frank and Mike Lessiter, has announced two Leadership Team appointments that coincide with the long-planned-for retirement of Vice President Michael Storts.

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The Power of Ag Journalism: Niche Media, Agribusiness & Market Shifts

March 27, 2025

In this episode of The Germinate Podcast, Joe Sampson sits down with Mike Lessiter, President of Lessiter Media, to discuss the evolution of agricultural journalism, the role of media in shaping the farm equipment industry, and how niche publishing serves as a powerful resource for agribusiness professionals.

Lessiter Media Co-Founder Pam Lessiter Passes

She co-founded ‘a different kind of ag publishing company’ in 1981 with husband, Frank

March 11, 2025

Pam Lessiter, co-founder of Lessiter Media Inc., passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving husband, Frank, and all 4 of her children in a room packed with in-laws and grandchildren on March 8, 2025 after an unwavering 7-year battle with lung disease.

Educating Landowners on the Merits of No-Till & Cover Crops

A first-ever workshop brought landowners into the farm shop to hear why no-tillers should get extra consideration – beyond just a figure on a rent check.

By Mike Lessiter posted on February 26, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

Last week, I headed east to Brownsburg, Ind. (just west of Indianapolis) to attend a first-ever gathering at Starkey Farms dubbed “Conversations about Conservation” that was held exclusively for a non-farming, landowner audience.

Morry Taylor on the National Debt: ‘The Creeping Menace That Will Destroy America’

Titan International chair Morry Taylor shares the clearest, most simplistic explanation of the national debt for a generation who hasn’t seemed to care

By Morry Taylor posted on February 11, 2025

Titan International chair Morry Taylor shares the clearest, most simplistic explanation of the national debt for a generation who hasn’t seemed to care.

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