Several years ago with the support of Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers, we added the Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioner's Program. The idea was to honor no-tillers being efficient and effective with their fertilizer program, and provide them a forum to share their tips and techniques with other no-tillers.

50-40-20. Those three numbers have great significance to the No-Till Farmer family.

You may have only 3 years left. No, I'm not talking about attractive corn and soybean prices. I'm talking about something that could really eat away at your bottom line.

What products, technologies or techniques have made the biggest impact in your no-till operation through the years? Managing editor John Dobberstein (e-mail John at jdobberstein@lesspub.com) would really like to hear from you the things that were game-changers in making no-till work on your farm.

Even as we just released our September issue of No-Till Farmer newsletter and are working on the October issue, we're forging ahead with big plans for the Fall issue of No-Till Farmer's Conservation Tillage Guide.

No-tillers in the Southwest have been suffering through severe drought conditions, though they are probably doing better than their conventional-till neighbors.

I spent the Fourth of July on my parent's farm about an hour north of Milwaukee. With my father retiring from the dairy and raising more crops for grain, I've talked to him about transitioning the farm to 100% no-till.

No-Till Farmer editors are working fast and furious on the Summer issue of Conservation Tillage Guide. We're getting great support once again from ag manufacturers on this issue, so we're expecting it to be another 100-page-plus blockbuster with plenty of practical, useable tips for no-tillers.