It’s been a wet growing season for many of you, including no-tiller Ray McCormick in southwestern Indiana, where a heavy downpour May 14 drowned about 80% of his corn in a 250-acre field and set back his growing season ever since.

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, southern Indiana no-tiller Ray McCormick shows off the unique features of his Horsch Maestro 2430 planter. Meanwhile, 40 miles east of McCormick, Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient Chris Perkins shows how chains on his planter deliver ROI in more ways than one.

From the cab of his truck, the future of Vincennes, Ind., No-Till Living Legend Ray McCormick’s newly planted corn doesn’t look promising.

No-Till Living Legend and 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick is reaping some big-time benefits from cover crops on his southern Indiana farm, especially in a wet spring.

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.

No-Till Living Legend and 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Ray McCormick shows the water infiltration power of cover crops from one of his fields in Vincennes, Ind. The area received 5 inches of rain in mid-May the day before this video was taken.

A year ago today, a rare and intense dust storm caused a deadly 90-vehicle pileup on Interstate 55 in central Illinois.

Ray McCormick, No-Till Living Legend 2024 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, leaves unharvested grain at the edge of his fields as part of his add-on conservation practices for his second round of Conservation Stewardship Payments.