Phillips and Young wrote the first book on no-tillage agriculture in 1973. The No-Till History series is made possible by Calmer Corn Heads.

Reetz, a No-Till Farmer Innovator in 2010, was seminal to integrating high technology into his research into no-till. He was also a past speaker at the National No-Tillage Conference.

A big booster of no-till, Ned Trovillion designed a unique symbol designed to look like an international highway sign that publicizes the advantages of no-tilling. The No-Till History series is made possible by Calmer Corn Heads.

Frank Lessiter’s 1973 speech is considered the earliest congressional testimony on no-tillage. The No-Till History series is made possible by Calmer Corn Heads.

Researchers found that a 1% increase in no-tillage adoption within a county can increase agricultural land value by $7.86 per acre across 12 Midwestern states covered by the OpTIS database: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Using data specific to Iowa they concluded 1% adoption of no-till at the county level increases farmland values $14.75 (and possibly more) per acre inside Iowa.