If there's ever a need to fix washouts or ruts on Marvin and Kim Burkhart’s farm, they will need to borrow something from the neighbors.

Dan Towery and Hans Kok are Indiana’s new Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative team.

Chris Rodabaugh discovered an extremely effective way to drastically cut his hours in the tractor — by passing the no-till torch to his son, Clint.

When he was just a kid, there was a moment that likely shaped Bill Rohloff’s desire to no-till every acre possible.

While no-till can take soil quality and the resulting yield benefits a long way, preexisting compaction layers and less-than-ideal seedbeds can put a ceiling — or in terms of root growth, a floor — on progress. That’s where vertical tillage might play a helpful role, users of the practice say.

Our first serious no-till experiences in northwestern Ohio pretty much paralleled the introduction of the John Deere 750 no-till drill in the late 1980s. After seeing it run for the first time, my immediate thought was that this no-till drill had a chance to make a major impact on our agriculture.