This video from Classic Tractor Fever shows a little-known no-till fact – that International Harvester actually was the first to release a no-till planter design in 1952-53, but exited after only 2 years, thus yielding history to Allis Chalmers when it comes to first commercially successful no-till planter. Purdue’s Don Rhine and ag historian Maurie Williamson explain the M-21 from IH.

Pioneers of No-Tillage salutes several individuals who contributed to soil conservation in Kentucky including Howard Martin who discovered and produced row cleaners to aid in no-till planting.

Harry Young Jr. helped pioneer no-till farming near Herndon, Ky., in the early 1960's. His son, John Young, continues the tradition of conserving topsoil with his son Alexander. Here, they share their thoughts on no-tillage farming and the contributions made by Shirley Phillips, University of Kentucky's Grain Specialist.

This video looks at historic research in no-till agriculture featuring Lloyd Murdock and Jim Herbek at the University of Kentucky Princeton Research and Education Center.

One fall morning, I was scooped up and walked to my mom’s Red Cutlass and put in the backseat alongside my dog. A few hours later, Mom hurried me upstairs and dropped me in a barren bedroom. “Sit here quietly until your sisters come get you,” I recall, about 15 minutes before I got into trouble for the first time in my new home.

This narrated slide-show video examines the first commercially successful no-till planter, the Allis Chalmers No-Til Planter released in 1966 based on concepts seen on the Harry Young farm in Kentucky. The Allis Chalmer assets are now part of AGCO Corp.