No-Till Farmer
Get full access NOW to the most comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use online resource for no-tillage practices. Just one good idea will pay for your subscription hundreds of times over.
Advertise Follow Us
Conservation: Not Just A Means To An End
Early no-till adopter Jerry Peery says he has a ‘moral obligation’ to protect and build soils on his Kentucky farm for future farming generations.
Check The Specs...
NAME: Jerry Peery
FARM: Springhill Farms
LOCATION: Clinton, Ky.
YEARS NO-TILLING: 41
ACRES: 1,600
CROPS: Corn, Soybeans, Cereal Rye
The way our land erodes, there’s no way we’d be in business today if we were still farming the way we did 50 years ago.
A combination of no-till and many other conservation efforts means that not only is our family still farming today, but also we’ll hopefully be able to successfully farm for generations to come.
Our farm sits in the far western tip of Kentucky, where the hills are rolling but not overly steep. Grades vary from 3% to 9% and our fields range from 30 to 100 acres in size.
Our district conservationist has described our fields as highly productive and highly erodible. Is that ever the truth! We are continuously striving to keep those hills in place.
Even with no-till, we’ve found that ditches are going to wash in certain areas. We decided it was better to have a good waterway to cross than a ditch, so we’ve committed 6% of our farm to the Conservation Reserve Program and constructed permanent waterways and border strips.
We plan to build even more, as they’re absolutely essential to help stop erosion.
Doing More With ‘Waste’
No-till, cover crops, grass waterways and border strips have helped tremendously in our battle against erosion, but I’m constantly looking for new and innovative ways to get ahead.
We’ve even worked with local industrial facilities to put their waste to work…
Premium content is for our Digital-only and Premium subscribers. A Print-only subscription doesn't qualify. Please purchase/upgrade a subscription with the Digital product to get access to all No-Till Farmer content and archives online. Learn more about the different versions and what is included.
Top Articles
Current Issue
5 Takeaways After 35 Years of No-Tilling
How Weeds Handle the Drought
5 Ways No-Till, Covers Hold Soil Moisture
Must Read Free Eguides
Download these helpful knowledge building tools
- How No-Till Improves Your Land Value
- 5 Pillars for No-Till Farming Effectively, Efficiently
- Making the Precision Basics Even Better with Implement Guidance
- Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies
Videos
Sustainable Agriculture Summit Shines Light on No-Till, Strip Till & Cover Crops
During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
Top Directory Listings
Needham Ag Technologies, LLC
Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.
Titan International, Inc
Titan offers a full line of wheels, tires and undercarriage products for a wide variety of off-the-road equipment.
The Andersons PureGrade
The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.