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Who Were the 'No-Till Neighbors?'
Farmer-led seminars accelerated U.S. no-till adoption
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Decades of Research Data Illustrate No-Till Soil Health Advantages
Historical data from Southern Illinois University’s research plots reveals no-till makes soil chemically & biologically healthier while maintaining competitive yields
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Unsolved Mystery: Who Was the National No-Tillage Conference Spy?
A dust-up between no-till suppliers led to legal strong-arming at the 2001 National No-Tillage Conference
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Stripper-Header Revolutionized No-Till Wheat
Pitched as ‘the greatest breakthrough in grain harvesting since the self-propelled combine,’ the stripper-header redefined no-till's prospects in high-yield wheat
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Remembering Howard Dean Martin (1944-2024) & the No-Till Row Cleaner
Credited with the first mechanical no-till row cleaner, the No-Till Farmer Legend, farmer & designer left a swath of innovation that helped no-till work
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A Strip-Till Origin Story
Several innovators paved the way for the rise of strip-till in the U.S.
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No-Till’s Value Seen During Oil Crisis — in South America, That Is…
Interest in no-till adoption got a shot in the arm when struggling Brazilian farmers saw the practice as a means to address sky-high fuel bills from the 1970s oil crisis.
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John Franz & the Glyphosate Discovery
With no prior cropping knowledge, John Franz was an unlikely candidate to change farming’s fortunes
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1970s No-Till Cartoons Poke Fun at Conventional Farmers
Known by how they tilled their farms, Plowboy Pete & No-Till Ned were characters in the early issues of No-Till Farmer.
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No-Till Is the Best Chance We Have to Feed the Next Generations
John Young, son of first commercial U.S. no-tiller Harry Young, evaluates no-till’s past, present & future.
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