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Observations on Dad’s Calling

It’s a pleasure to introduce you to my dad, Frank Lessiter, and what I would call the 5th child in our family, his No-Till Farmer (NTF) publication. I was 3 years old when Dad put out the first edition, and I can’t recall a time when NTF wasn’t a part of the family.
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Video of the Week: Editor Frank Lessiter’s Newest Book Arrives

Our entire staff was on hand as the No-Till Farmer editor opened the first box of his brand-new book, “Frankly Speaking: A Non-Whitewashed ‘First-Hand’ Account of No-Till Farming’s Rise Over 50-Plus Years.” It features 683 of Frank’s personal columns and opinions — as they occurred in real-time dating back to 1972. The only editor of No-Till Farmer since its first edition, Frank’s front-row seat spans more than half a century, during which he witnessed no-till acres grow from 3.3 million acres to 110 million acres today.
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Unsolved Mystery: Who Was the National No-Tillage Conference Spy?

A dust-up between no-till suppliers led to legal strong-arming at the 2001 National No-Tillage Conference
While many readers think of Keeton seeding attachments and similar units on the market as seed firmers or seed firming devices, this column will explain the reasoning behind our decision to start calling them by their generic name.The No-Till History series is made possible by Calmer Corn Heads.
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No-Till, Strip-Till Out Yield Other Tillage Systems in 2023 National Corn Contest

In an in-depth analysis of the 2023 National Corn Growers Association contest data, growers using these two tillage systems came out on top for both yield & nitrogen efficiency
Among 6,882 entries in the 2023 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) NCGA annual yield contest from 3,824 growers in 46 states, a father-and-son team from Charles City, Va., captured the top two rankings with yields of 590 and 623 bushels per acre.
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