Hutchinson, Kan., no-tiller Darren Nelson discusses the improvements he and his father, Jim, have made to the row units on their 40-foot John Deere air seeder, and how they run the machine to optimize seed-to-soil contact.

At the Southern Soil Health Conference in Ardmore, Okla., Jon Heerman, a no-tiller from Haxtun, Colo., talks about how he’s applying pelletized compost with his John Deere air seeder to increase soil biological diversity on his farm. Heerman, who no-tills wheat, rye, field peas, oats, milo and sunflowers, is even exploring ways to use a self-propelled sprayer to apply the compost pellets.

Craig Brann no-tills 800 acres of corn, wheat and soybeans near Warsaw, Va., and incorporates cover crops in his rotation. Brann discusses improvements he's made to his John Deere air seeder to improve performance.