It’s been almost 6 decades since Harry Young Jr. no-tilled the first commercial plot of corn in Herndon, Ky., and no-till has certainly come a long way since, as the bold experiment set off an agricultural evolution across the U.S. and globally. But farmers must still log a profit as they do right by soil health to stay in business.

Dan Gillespie was also known as "Dan The Tree Man" in Battle Creek, after 30 years of classroom planting demonstrations with fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students in local schools.

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Did you know that your row units are potentially lying to you? You may think you know where they're placing seed, but unseen wear on the gauge wheel arm, depth rocker and pivot bolt may mean seed is being placed unevenly across the width of the planter. The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting.

A new bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would significantly change the state's drainage law by preventing upper landowners from draining water to their lower neighbors if the drainage hurt the lower landowners.