Davie Stephens of Wingo, Ky., talks about how a field that had bad compaction improved over the years thanks to continuous no-till and cover crops breaking up the hard pan.

Davie Stephens shares how he uses dirt bikes to scout every acre after planting to evaluate crop stand and whether an insecticide application is needed. This year, the Wingo, Ky., no-tiller will also use a drone for scouting and is interested to see what the drone will see compared to what he sees on the ground.

Davie Stephens talks about how he decided to try seeding cereal rye with a ground rig after harvest to help establish new waterways. The results came out better than he expected, and he’s looking forward to using it as an alternative to aerial seeding.

Davie Stephens of Wingo, Ky., talks about how no-till has prevented erosion and built soil tilth and health over the past few decades. Stephens' father started no-till in the late 1970s, and after Stephens joined him in 1988, they went to 100% no-till in the early 1990s. Stephens also explains how no-till drove them to adopting cover crops so they could continue building soil health and preventing soil erosion.