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No-Till Highlights: June 25, 2026

kdowning@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Bringing Regenerative Agriculture to Your Farm
No-Tilling into Clover
Last Day of No-Tilling Corn
No-Till and Conservation Practices Increase Water Infiltration
Building a Resilient Soil

No-Till Highlights: June 18, 2026

kdowning@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Innovators Who Transformed American Agriculture
Soil Health=Human Health
Iowa Farm Improved With No-Till
No-Tilling to Increase Profitability
Regenerative Agriculture Impacts Entire Ecosystem

No-Till Highlights: June 11, 2026

kdowning@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till or Dust Bowl
The Final 10 Acres: Overcoming Dry Planting Conditions
Transitioning to No-Till
No-Tilling Soybeans into Standing Cover Crop
Saving Time with Conservation Ag

No-Till Highlights: June 4, 2026

kdowning@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:45 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Tilling Corn to Combat High Fuel Prices
No-Till a First Step to Increasing Profitability
No-Till Management Logistics
No-Till Transition Transforms Farm
No-Till Planter for Multiple Crops

No-Till Highlights: May 28, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:00:22 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till vs. Strip-Till Soybeans — One Farmer's No-Till Experiment
No-Till Planting Corn in Ohio Using a John Deere 6125R
From Soil to Stream — No-Till & Cover Crops Webinar
Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2025 Unlikely, According to Recent Report
No-Till Potatoes Across 1300 Acres in Just 8 Days

No-Till Highlights: May 21, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:34:38 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till Without Illusions: Yields Dropped, But Profits Stayed the Same
This Farmer Just Planted the First Ever Crop on his New Field
Soil Health, Microorganisms, & Good Cover Crop Management Decisions for Your Operation
No-Till Drill Trials & Experiments
A Broken Planter Just Cost This Farmer Precious Hours Off the Clock

No-Till Highlights: May 14, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:15:23 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No Till, No Problem — New Holland 8770 Planting Soybeans
20 Years Without Fertilizer - How Is It Possible?
Conventional, Minimal, No Till What's the Best?
How One Wisconsin Farmer's Rejected Patent Became The Foundation Of Modern No-Till
PepsiCo Continues to Lean into Regenerative Ag Initiatives

No-Till Highlights: May 7, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Tiller Sees Big Difference Just 6 Years After Ditching the Plow
Your Farm Could Be the Topic for an Upcoming Story in No-Till Farmer Magazine
How to Save a Farm
Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Why Fertilizer Relief Could Be Years Away for U.S. Farmers
First Generation Farmers Are Doing Things Differently

No-Till Highlights: April 30, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Swain Farms' No-Till Planter System: Kinsey, Pro Stitch Wheels and Dry Fertilizer
Knowledge Gap Slows No-Till Adoption in Brazil
No-Till Soybeans & Cover Crops
Does No-Till mean No-Yield? Let’s Test the Theory…
Keep an Eye on your Drones — 15 Ag Drones were Stolen and Recovered

No-Till Highlights: April 23, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Pig Manure & No-Till — A Match Made in Heaven?
Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
Built in the Shop, Proven in the Field — Planter Preparations
Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space

No-Till Highlights: April 16, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:37 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

First Time Planting Soybeans into a No-Till, Cover Crop Field
35 Years No-Till on Clay With a 4-Row Planter
The View on Conservation in Farming with Jim Hebbe
From Picking Up Rocks to Successful No-Till Farming with Doug Fifer
Blake Vince Shares 1.7 Million Reasons To Stop Tilling Your Soil

No-Till Highlights: April 9, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

“Tillage with Carbon in a System with Purpose Does Not Destroy Our Soil”
Two More Inches of Topsoil In One Year & 1000% Increase In Infiltration Rate
No-Till Leafy Green Production at Humble Hands Harvest
Why We Farm: Taking Care of the Land for the Next Generation
No-Till Planter Setup: Mark Burnham on 20-Inch Rows and Downforce

No-Till Highlights: April 2, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Resilient Farming for the Future
Chase Moisture, Not A Calendar — Planting Decisions To Drive Yield
Optimizing Cover Crop-Based Rotational No-Till Corn Production
Helping Farmers Get Their Electronics Field-Ready for Planting
Exploring No-Till Methods for Organic Vegetables with Sandy Dietz

No-Till Highlights: March 26, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till Farming is Better
No-Till History from 90+ Years Ago…
Reduced Field Passes Help Farmers Save Fuel and Cut Expenses
Constructing Water and Sediment Basins to Control Erosion
Webinar Covers Soil Organic Matter & Cover Crops

No-Till Highlights: March 19, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

2026 Soil Health Conference — Blake Vince: 40 Years of No-till Farming
What Crop Scouts Actually Do All Year
Lord of the Rings Quote Represents Lessiter Media/No-Till Farmer Audience Well
Back to Eden Farming: Soil Health and No-Till with Nick Ager
Seed Placement in No-Till Systems: What Drives Early Vigor in Cold Conditions

No-Till Highlights: March 12, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

This Week's Lineup:

Matt De Jong’s No-Till Journey — A Blueprint for his Community
Liz Haney & Soil Regen at No-Till on the Plains 2026
This Planter Mistake Could Cost Corn Farmers 100 Bushels Per Acre
Finding The N Rate: Balancing Yield, Profitability & Water Quality
Even “A Little bit of No-Till” Goes A Long Way

No-Till Highlights: March 5, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Choose Your Seats Wisely Next to One of These No-Till Legends
Rebuilding America's Soil & Economy — A Panel on Regenerative Agriculture
No-Tiller Ryan Flickner Speaks on New Projects, Soil Health Alliance & Family Farm
No-Till Legend Shares Residue Management Tips at National Farm Machinery Show
Advancing Climate-Smart Crops — R&D Driving On-Farm Change

No-Till Highlights: Feb. 26, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till & Regenerative Ag Practices Alive & Well in Montana
Everything is Too Heavy — Soil Compaction in Agriculture
Proven Nutrient Strategies from PTI Farm Research — PTx Winter Conference 2026
Park the Plow Before It’s Too Late
Case IH Launches Nutri-Tiller 1000 Series to Boost Long-Term Soil Health

No-Till Highlights: Feb. 19, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Soybean School — Boosting No-Till Plant Stands Without Hiking Seed Rates
Why Amish Farmers Never Rototill Their Soil (And What They Do Instead)
The Death of NPK — Why Lazy Soils & Broken Yields Start with Modern Agronomy
Comparing No-Till Methods to Conventional Tillage at Whitewater Gardens Farm
Is No-Till By Itself Enough to Move the Needle?

No-Till Highlights: Feb. 12, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Soil Drainage & Tillage Practices: Nitrogen Implications
Cover Crops Make No-Till a Stronger System
The No-Till Piece of the Regenerative Ag Puzzle
An Inside Look at Canadian Prairie Tillage Practices
Midwest Cover Crop Council Meeting Showcases No-Till & Cover Crops

No-Till Highlights: Feb 5., 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till, New Tech & Great People — National No-Tillage Conference Tour
No-Till Planting in Lancaster County's Amish Country with 7 Horsepower
How to Make a Smooth Transition to No-Till
Keeping Your Soil Alive Forever with No-Till
How to Make it Through 50 Cropping Seasons

No-Till Highlights: Jan. 29, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Does No-Till Mean Never Till?
What Does ‘Living Soil’ Actually Mean?
Are You Guilty of Sins Against Your Soil?
Tools for Maintaining On-Farm Resiliency During Extreme Weather Events
Nestlé Continues to Invest in Regenerative Agriculture

No-Till Highlights: Jan. 22, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

No-Tilling Organic Corn into Living Alfalfa
No-Till Garlic & Cover Crops
What Does Regenerative Agriculture Mean?
Transforming a Heavily Tilled Field to No-Till — It’s Not Easy But It Pays
From $1.5M Debt to Thriving Farm: Our No-Till Journey

No-Till Highlights: Jan. 15, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

The REAL Cost Of NOT Switching To No-Till
Central Iowa No-Tiller Joins Race for State Agriculture Secretary
Make Cover Crops Work with Your Tillage Practices
From Definitions to Dirt — a Practical Look at Defining the Term “Regenerative Ag”
Danish Farmer Sees No-Till as Farming ‘Based on Common Sense’

No-Till Highlights: Jan. 8, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

From Almost Broke to 37 Million Acres — How Gabe Brown Revolutionized Farming
From Saving Time to Building Soil — Why This Farmer Switched to No-Till
First Two Speakers Announced for Can’t-Miss 2026 National Cover Crop Summit
‘5 Things Working at the Bank Taught me About Farmers’
New Technology Helps Deere Dealer’s Customers Boost Savings

No-Till Highlights: Jan. 2, 2026

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Making the Switch to No-Till Without a Huge Learning Curve
How One Cover Crop Rebuilds Compacted Soil from the Roots Up
This Mistake Is Ruining No-Till Farming on Thousands of Farms
Improving Your Organic Grain Crop Rotation In a No-Till System

No-Till Highlights: Dec. 26, 2025

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till Transplanter Prototype Allows for Maximum Adaptability
Australian Farmers Use No-Till & Cover Crops to Combat Drought
Why These Farmers Say You Can’t Miss the National No-Tillage Conference
Is No-Till Always the Way to Go?

No-Till Highlights: Dec. 18, 2025

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Farmer Buys Back His First Tractor After 45 Years
Despite Numerous Benefits, Government Funded No-Till Programs Could Be In Trouble
5 Fast Facts About the Benefits of No-Till
From Dead Dirt to Living Soil: The No-Till Hack That Actually Works
Cover Crops Boost Cash Crop Success — Advice from Dan Miller of Millermatic Seed

No-Till Highlights: Dec. 11, 2025

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Stop Tilling, Start Earning More Dollars Per Acre
Farmer Turned Rockstar Blows Simon Cowell Away on X Factor UK
No-Till Farming — 3 Reasons Why
Agriculture Secretary Announces $700 Million Pilot Program to Support Regenerative Ag
Missouri Farmer, Rancher Reacts to Trump Administration's Aid Plan for Farmers

No-Till Highlights: Dec. 4, 2025

mvogel@lessitermedia.com — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

This Week's Lineup:

Reducing Erosion with No-Till & Cover Cropsv
Put Down the Plow & Switch to No-Till
No-Till Lessons Learned — The Hard Way
Amish Trick That Softens Clay Soil Overnight — No Digging, No Tilling, Just Results
One Farmer’s Unapologetic Opinion About No-Till… and the Replies