For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Pivot Bio, we caught up with soil scientist Rattan Lal and talked about how he came to focus on carbon instead of synthetic inputs, the connection between the health of the soil and human vitality, how carbon affects the soil’s ability to hold onto nutrients and water, the 5 components of conservation agriculture, optimizing production instead of maximizing production and much more!

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we met up with Gary Zimmer, also known as the “father” of biological farming, on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's estate, where he talked about his system of biological farming.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we’ll hear excerpts from a conversation with Wolford, N.D., no-tiller Paul Overby and General Mills’ Senior Research Agronomist Tom Rabaey in which they talk about the General Mills Regenerative Agriculture pilot program.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, West Union, Iowa no-tiller Loran Steinlage is joined by Dale Richardson, who no-tills about 500 acres of corn, soybeans and cover crops just outside of Springfield, Missouri.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we'll hear about improving efficiency, profits and soil health with no-till from three points of view: Veteran no-tiller Mark Chapman, who systematically refines his operation; Andrew Reuschel, whose system is guided by his profitable use of soil-building cover crops; and Alan Smock, who is always looking for ways to prevent further erosion and nutrient loss on rolling ground.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we’ll hear from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, who outlines the CFAP relief package and then takes questions from the press.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by FR8STAR, we share a discussion between Ralph Upton Jr. of Springerton, Illinois and ag researcher John Pike, which delves into research Upton had done on his farm after a 1983 drought revealed that he had a plow pan layer about 6 inches deep in his soil profile that was preventing his crops from getting needed moisture.

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, and for occasional future episodes, we’ve paired West Union, Iowa, no-tiller Loran Steinlage up with a no-tiller he’s never met before and asked him to record their conversation. In this installment., brought to you by Yetter Mfg., Loran met with Angela Knuth who’s been no-tilling and strip-tilling in Mead with her family since 2005.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re joined by Russell Hedrick who talks about how his experience as a young first-generation farmer faced with soil erosion led him on the path to using no-till, cover crops, incorporating livestock, and more.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we’re going to talk tires, and specifically, we’ll hear about central tire inflation systems (CTIS), which are becoming increasingly prevalent on today’s tractors and other heavy ag equipment.