Noah Newman started at Lessiter Media in March 2022 as Associate Editor for No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously worked in broadcast journalism as a sports anchor/reporter for television stations in central Illinois and most recently Jackson, Mississippi, where he was named the state’s sportscaster of the year by the National Sports Media Association. The Cleveland, Ohio, native enjoys engaging with growers, learning extensively about their operations, and sharing impactful stories with the audience.

Contact: nnewman@lessitermedia.com

How to Integrate Smart Sprayers Into a No-Till System

Longtime no-tiller aims to cut down on chemicals with smart spray retrofit kit

By Noah Newman posted on May 28, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

No-tiller Tyler Troiola is using smart spray technology on his 2,800-acre corn, soybean and wheat operation near Eagle, Wis., for the first time, continuing a family tradition of innovation that dates back to the inaugural National No-Tillage Conference in 1993.

[Video] Downstream Impact of Tillage on No-Till Fields

By Noah Newman posted on May 23, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

No-Till Living Legend and 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick shows the downstream impact of water and soil cascading from tilled fields in Vincennes, Ind.

How No-Tillers Can Cash in on 40B Tax Credit

By Noah Newman posted on May 22, 2024

Federal incentives to lower greenhouse gas emissions could result in a windfall for no-tillers who are already raising low-carbon corn for ethanol. Sustainable aviation fuel, referred to as SAF, is eligible for a tax credit under Section 40B.

No-Till Improves Water Infiltration after 5-Inch Rainfall

By Noah Newman posted on May 21, 2024 | Posted in Water Management

Continuing the wet spring theme now from earlier in the show, veteran agronomist Ken Ferrie checks in from rain-soaked Illinois, where no-till is proving its worth on a field that received 5 inches of rain in less than 4 days.

Making Cover Crops & Strip-Till Work with 7 Inches of Rain

By Noah Newman posted on May 19, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

One guy who’d love to get some of this rain we’ve been talking about, is Robert Boyle. He only gets about 7 inches of rain out in Coolidge, Ariz. But that’s not stopping him from using cover crops and strip-till.

#Plant24 Update: No-Tiller Deals with Challenging Spring

By Noah Newman posted on May 18, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

In southeastern Wisconsin, where longtime no-tiller Tyler Troiola just got almost 2 inches of rain in one day. Throw in a tractor glitch, and it’s been a challenging spring so far. But thanks to no-till, Tyler’s fields aren’t completely covered in puddles.

Conservation Ag Update

#Plant24 Update: Weather Delays No-Till Planting in Some States

By Noah Newman posted on May 17, 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, find out how several no-tillers are handling a wet month across parts of the Corn Belt. Central Illinois no-tiller Dave Brown is patiently waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate before he can finish up planting several hundred acres, while Wisconsin no-tiller Tyler Troiola deals with a tractor glitch and a 2-inch rain event in one day.

Dealer: "Keep Eye on Guess Rows" After Geomagnetic Storms Affect GPS Signals

By Noah Newman posted on May 14, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Precision Agriculture

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is calling it the most extreme geomagnetic storm since 2003, with reported impacts including power grid irregularities, degradation to high-frequency communications, GPS and possibly satellite navigation.

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[Video] Alternatives to Cereal Rye Cover Crop for Farmers in Colder Climates

By Noah Newman posted on May 10, 2024 | Posted in Equipment

Josè Franco, USDA research agronomist, and his team at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in North Freedom, Wis., are evaluating possible alternatives to only using cereal rye as a winter cover crop in the Upper Midwest.

No-Tiller's 7 Takeaways from Updated GREET Model

By Dan Crummett and Noah Newman posted on May 6, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

“This is one of today’s biggest opportunities in conservation ag,” Mitchell Hora says. “The folks with data — the agronomist, the team around each farmer — we all need to be working together with the folks at the biofuel facility to go after these credits together."

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