Listening back to Bill Northey’s keynote presentation at the 2015 National Strip-Tillage Conference, the points he made on that stage remain relevant almost a decade later.

In the last several years, vertical stratification in no-till fields has turned into a heated debate, thanks to No-Till Farmer Living Legend and No-Till Innovator of the Year Marion Calmer and what he is — and isn’t — doing to one of his long-term no-till fields.

A photo from a 2024 National No-Tillage Conference attendee puts into perspective just how much soil can erode away in a lifetime.

While no-till is a pillar of the regen movement, the Big Soil Health Event is definitely a departure from conventional no-till practices. As I was listening to the speakers, these four statements caught my attention, and I wondered how those of you reading would have reacted had you been there.