Zach Alger
Annville, Pa.
Smashing 300 Bushels via Early Harvests
Annville, Pa., no-tiller Zach Alger learned how to grow high-yielding crops during his 20 years in the custom farming business. That knowledge propelled him to 1st place in the NCGA High Yield Contest with a 318-bu. corn yield in the no-till non-irrigated category. Alger shares a formula that includes early harvests, planter modifications and multiple manure applications, and key observations from the high-yielding no-till plot that altered how he manages his 800-acre farm.