Syngenta and No-Till Farmer recognized the 16th class of No-Till Innovator Award winners at a banquet held during the milestone 20th Annual National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis, Jan. 11-14, 2012.

In an era of skyrocketing prices for farmland, a group of farmers is spearheading an effort to help no-tillers expand their own operations.

The 20th annual National No-Tillage Conference will be a special event, and you can keep track of what's happening by following our posts on both Facebook and Twitter.

Two California farm groups are merging to create the Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute and will launch the effort with an informational meeting later this month.

With the New Year having just rolled in, we're rolling in a new look with our No-Till Farmer E-Tip e-newsletter.

Part of the opportunity for me to recently present the “S.H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture In No-Till Agriculture” at the University of Kentucky was the chance to spend the day talking with faculty members and graduate students from around the world. Phillips was a pioneer in the early 1960s in getting no-till started on a commercial scale. And he would certainly be proud to know no-till has grown to an astounding 288 million acres today around the world.

While it was purely coincidental, it seemed rather fitting that as we were celebrating the 40th anniversary of No-Till Farmer and the 50th anniversary of no-till on U.S. farms, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter was receiving a prestigious award.