Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checks. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller work out the kinks in his planter, and later runs into a couple issues with a strip-tiller’s new high-speed, 24-row planter.

"Balancing savings and effective management of troublesome weed species will be a major challenge with these novel precision application systems," says Rodrigo Werle, associate professor and extension cropping systems weed scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

While this projection covers the general farm population, machinery purchases by no-tillers should be a bright spot for dealers in 2024

Jeffery Mills, a no-tiller from Walton, Ind., uses Regen Mills' mobile grain mill to grind regeneratively grown no-till crops to sell direct to consumers. Visit MillsFamilyFarms.com to learn more about their products.

We caught up with Demco Sales Territory Manager Chris Currans the 2024 WPS Farm Show in Oshkosh, Wis., and he gave us a quick tour of Demco's new 600 gallon pull-type sprayer.

Cover crops are a recognized method for increasing soil health by reducing soil erosion, increasing soil organic matter and improving soil structure. Cover crops can also safeguard water quality by reducing nitrate leaching.

The following timeline for Martin-Till was originally published in the book, "Maverick to Mainstream: A History of No-Till Farming" second edition.