Gainesville, Fla.-based entomologist Thomas Dykstra links relative plant health to specific insect damage, rather than grouping all insects together as mere competitors for our food.

Armed with a specialization in bioelectromagnetics, Thomas Dykstra introduces the concept of electrical conductivity (EC) in the soil as it relates to plants and microbes.

Michael Horsch and his family buck cultural norms on conservation practices to farm 55,000 acres in Germany and the Czech Republic.

Whether growers are just looking to tweak their no-till operation or planning for big changes, there will be something for nearly everyone at the 33^rd annual National No-Tillage Conference that kicks off in January. The full program has been released for the 2025 conference, which is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 in at the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Ky.

Cover crops are an integral part of Ray McCormick’s system, and although he’s been planting them for decades, he’s refining his techniques every year.

For this 2025 National No-Tillage Conference preview, No-Till Innovator Marion Calmer checks in from his Alpha, Ill., farm with a preview of his 2025 National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC) presentation.

Marion Calmer shares easy combine settings and adjustments to follow to efficiently harvest highyielding, green-stemmed and green-podded no-till soybeans.

Marion Calmer goes through his 40-year journey of replicated studies on nitrogen rates, row spacings, populations, tillage vs. no-till vs strip-till, residue management and most recently the long-term effects of surface-applied phosphorus and potassium.

For this 2025 National No-Tillage Conference preview, No-Till Living Legend Ray McCormick checks in from Vincennes, Ind., with a look at how he’s seeding cover crops from the combine.