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Jerry Eitle
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[Podcast] Jerry Eitle: Engineering Decades of No-Till Success

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Attica, Ohio, grower Jerry Eitle about early no-till equipment and technology, RTK guidance, learning to plant green and roll down cover crops and much more.
By Julia Gerlach posted on December 3, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Attica, Ohio, grower Jerry Eitle about early no-till equipment and technology, RTK guidance, learning to plant green and roll down cover crops and much more.
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Raising the Bar: Going Beyond No-Till with Cover Crops

Conservation ag consultants Hans Kok and Dan Towery share cover crop strategies that will help no-tillers sequester more nutrients and build even more soil organic matter.
By Julia Gerlach posted on December 3, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health
IT’S BEEN SAID that change is the only constant in life, and at the 2020 National No-Tillage Conference, Indiana-based conservation ag consultants Hans Kok and Dan Towery told attendees that philosophy pertains to farming practices, too.
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[Podcast] Ag Innovations: Carbon Farming and Swarm Technology

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, Jack Zemlicka, editorial director here at Lessiter Media, spoke with 6th-generation farmer Ben Riensche, owner and manager of Blue Diamond Farming Company in Jesup, Iowa.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 25, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, Jack Zemlicka, editorial director here at Lessiter Media, spoke with 6th-generation farmer Ben Riensche, owner and manager of Blue Diamond Farming Company in Jesup, Iowa.
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[Podcast] Pushing No-Till to the Next Level with Jim Hershey

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Pennsylvania no-tiller Jim Hershey about some of the practices that have put him on a successful no-till path.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 20, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Pennsylvania no-tiller Jim Hershey about some of the practices that have put him on a successful no-till path.
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[Podcast] Steve Groff and the Future-Proof Farm

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we welcome Holtwood, Pennsylvania no-tiller Steve Groff to discuss about his book, “The Future-Proof Farm,” which explores the market changes facing today’s farmers and how cover crops can help them stay resilient and relevant.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 13, 2020
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we welcome Holtwood, Pennsylvania no-tiller Steve Groff to discuss his book, “The Future-Proof Farm,” which explores the market changes facing today’s farmers and how cover crops can help them stay resilient and relevant.
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DIY Tips for Scouting Your Soils

An NRCS soil health specialist shares simple, on-farm techniques growers can use to evaluate soil biology, aggregate structure and compaction of their soils.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
SOIL HEALTH SPECIALISTS are in demand at farms and field days across the country, as their targeted knowledge about the life below ground increasingly offers keen insights about nutrient cycling, water infiltration, biological activity and more. Rainfall simulators, slake tests, and soil pits are their calling cards.
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Capturing Sunlight, Building Carbon with Strip Cropping and Interseeding

A continual search for a more profitable bottom line led this Wisconsin strip-tiller to embrace no-till, interseeded covers and alternative row spacing.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 5, 2020 | Posted in Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
A LONG-TIME strip-tiller, Marty Weiss has been conservation-minded for years. But he’s taken inspiration from the recent widespread focus on soil health and in the past few years tackled several new practices, including no-till, strip cropping, interseeding cover crops in both 30-inch and 60-inch corn, planting green and even seeding covers for regenerative grazing.
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Glover Triplett
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[Podcast] Glover Triplett and the Early Days of No-Till Research

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ohio State University weed scientist, Glover Triplett about sod-seeding grazing crops into alfalfa and grasses, early chemistries that made no-till possible and more.
By Julia Gerlach posted on November 4, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer "Influencers & Innovators" podcast, brought to you by Mosaic Susterra, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ohio State University weed scientist, Glover Triplett about sod-seeding grazing crops into alfalfa and grasses, early chemistries that made no-till possible and more.
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