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From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for Strip-Till Innovator

Ray Flickner boosts soil health, profitability & water use efficiency with strip-till, precision technology & subsurface drip irrigation.
Innovation is the name of the game for the 5th-generation farmer, who was one of the first in the area to adopt strip-till in the early 2000s — just a few years after breaking the mold with subsurface drip irrigation.
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Legendary No-Till Advice

From Good Ground to Gullies & Gunk

More farmers are “dipping their toes” in the water. Let’s build momentum for erosion prevention and improve soil health. Don’t let destruction of our soil contribute to destruction of our nation.
Last month I wrote about wind erosion. And right on cue, Illinois suffered a major dust storm in May for the third straight year, losing several tons per acre of topsoil from tilled ground.
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'AI' Already Much Busier in No-Till Than Many Realize

The results of the AI boom have found fertile ground in modern agriculture, from application systems to on-the-go machine operation tweaks — but better decision making is the prime benefit
The industrial revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is turning inroads into 6-lane highways in agriculture as equipment makers create “smarter” machinery primed with increasing amounts of background data and digital circuitry patterned after the human brain.
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Wish List of New Products Represents Harvest Capacity Boost

Combines, concaves, a new corn head & digital autonomy products pave the way for more efficient & timely no-till grain harvests.
This year’s new harvest capacity enhancing gear includes a bevy of combine introductions, some new threshing components from aftermarket suppliers, a large new folding flexible header and a pair of productivity improving autonomous digital systems for grain carts.
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Severe Drought Challenges ‘Full Flex’ No-Till Farm

While designed to provide many options against weather and market-related downturns, Conservation Ag Fellow Michael Thompson says his farm’s success still depends upon timely rains
While designed to provide many options against weather and market-related downturns, Conservation Ag Fellow Michael Thompson says his farm’s success still depends upon timely rains. The 2025 fellowship program is made possible with the support of Titan Tire and Yetter Farm Equipment.
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Online Extras: September 2025 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Conservation Ag Update

  • PODCAST: On the Road With Cover Crops

  • BLOG: Looking Back at ‘Soil Wastage’

  • The Latest on Glyphosate

  • No-Till Farmer Multimedia

  • No-Till Farmer’s Best of the Web

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Online Extras: July 2025 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:
  • Opening Remarks for 2025 CTIC Conservation in Action Tour
  • No-Till Farmer Multimedia
  • No-Till Farmer’s Best of the Web

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