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[Podcast] Ray Rawson: The Father of Zone Tillage

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ray Rawson about zone tillage, the Zone Builder, his ever-changing planter setups and some of the inventions Ray developed over the years.
By Julia Gerlach posted on October 7, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer Influencers & Innovators podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, No-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter talks with Ray Rawson about zone tillage, the Zone Builder, his ever-changing planter setups and some of the inventions Ray developed over the years.
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[Podcast] The Shoulders on Which We Stand ... The Living Legends of No-Till History

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we hear directly from Frank Lessiter, long-time editor of No-Till Farmer, who has covered no-tillage for 45 years.
By Frank Lessiter and Mike Lessiter posted on July 27, 2017 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health
In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast series, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we hear directly from Frank Lessiter, long-time editor of No-Till Farmer, who has covered no-tillage for 45 years.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No-Till Puts Brothers In The Winning Zone

Using the Rawson zone-till system, precision agriculture and conservation planning earns Minnesota no-tillers recognition for their yields and environmental stewardship.
By Steve Bailey, Bill Bailey, and Ron Ross posted on September 1, 2010 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management, Soil Health
Looking back, it seems like we did everything we could to make sure no-till wouldn't work. But it fooled us.
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Use Deep Zone-Tillage To Farm Vertically

Higher yields can result from getting crop roots to grow deeper in your no-tilled fields.
By Lynn Grooms posted on August 1, 2003 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
"If you want to double the size of your farm, farm vertically,” says Ray Rawson. The developer of several pieces of zone tillage equipment and a no-till corn and soybean producer from Farwell, Mich., for many years has taken the time to look beneath the soil surface. The result has been higher yields on his own and and many other farms.
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Returning To 30-Inch Rows

Growing more continuous no-till corn is forcing this veteran no-tiller to move back to wider rows.
By Lynn Grooms posted on May 1, 2001 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Dean Holst, who no-tills 1,700 acres in the hilly, but productive area near LeClaire, Iowa, has made the switch back to 30-inch row corn. For several years, Holst had no-tilled in 24-inch rows.
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