Frank Lessiter

Frank Lessiter

Frank Lessiter founded Lessiter Media in 1981 and has spent more than 50 years in the agricultural and equine publishing business. He still oversees all of the company's publications as Chairman and Editorial Director, with an Emphasis on American Farriers Journal and No-Till Farmer magazines.

Contact: lessitef@lesspub.com

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Frankly Speaking

No-Till, Cover Crops Lead to Honors for 4 Conservation-Minded Soybean Growers

No-till & cover crops lead to fewer trips while reducing compaction, improving soil health, reducing costs, saving huge amounts of fuel & slashing labor needs

Taking a “deep-dive” into the farm operations of the four U.S. regional winners of the 2024 Conservation Legacy Award program, it was interesting to see the strong emphasis placed on no-till and cover crops. 


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No-Till, Strip-Till Out Yield Other Tillage Systems in 2023 National Corn Contest

In an in-depth analysis of the 2023 National Corn Growers Association contest data, growers using these two tillage systems came out on top for both yield & nitrogen efficiency
Among 6,882 entries in the 2023 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) NCGA annual yield contest from 3,824 growers in 46 states, a father-and-son team from Charles City, Va., captured the top two rankings with yields of 590 and 623 bushels per acre.
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No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators

[Podcast] Challenging the Status Quo in No-Till with Roy Pfaltzgraff

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators Podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, Roy Pfaltzgraff of Haxtun, Colo., talks about his 30-year assessment of the costs of tillage, no-tillage with fallow and no-till with a soil health focus.
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators Podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, Roy Pfaltzgraff of Haxtun, Colo., talks about his 30-year assessment of the costs of tillage, no-tillage with fallow and no-till with a soil health focus.
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