For the first time ever, no-till acres in the United States have broken the 50 million acre mark. The results shown in the No-Till-Age chart at left indicate farmers no-tilled 50,787,792 acres last year.

It's right there in dollars and cents. Attendees at last year National No-Tillage conference earned an average of $10,360 in added income by attending this exciting annual gathering of the no-till clan. In fact, attending was worth $40,000 for one no-tiller.

Ever think that you could be no-tilling record yields in every field on your farm? Researchers at Texas A&M University say harvesting the equivalent of record yields every year from every field will not only be possible in the future, but they believe the means of doing so are already being developed.

No-Till's ability to hold on to soil carbon ranks right at the top among farming systems for slowing greenhouse gas concerns.

Let's get one thing straight. Sequestering carbon in our soils is not likely to happen unless farmers no-till.

Despite good fertility programs, nitrogen deficiencies showed up in a number of Kansas no-till soybean fields last summer.

While some people have suspected that the no-till acreage has been declining, results of a recent survey in Iowa indicate it was virtually unchanged between 1997 and 1999. Even so, the number of Iowa farmers who are using valuable soil conservation practices appears to be leveling off.

When it comes to continuing to rent land successfully no-tilled for several years, some readers find they are at a distinct disadvantage.