Episodes

  • Tom Cotter Transforms Cold, Wet Soils with No-Till, Cover Crops & Livestock

    Tom Cotter Transforms Cold, Wet Soils with No-Till, Cover Crops & Livestock
    Dec 5 2025
    On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, Austin, Minn., no-tiller and Leopold Conservation Award recipient Tom Cotter shares the building blocks of his no-till system. Hickory, N.C., no-tiller Russell Hedrick reveals results from his on-farm biologicals trials and also details the program he uses to test new products.
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    12 mins
  • No-Till Patience Pays Off for Award-Winning Dairy Farmers

    No-Till Patience Pays Off for Award-Winning Dairy Farmers
    Nov 21 2025
    On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, we head inside Jimmy and Andy Gray’s Leopold Conservation Award-winning operation in Stony Point, N.C. Jon Stevens takes us along for the ride as he harvests a no-tilled corn-on-corn field in the challenging soils of Rock Creek, Minn.
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    10 mins
  • First-Generation Growers Break Down Challenges, Victories with Conservation Farming

    First-Generation Growers Break Down Challenges, Victories with Conservation Farming
    Nov 14 2025
    On this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, technology editor Noah Newman sits down with young farmers James Hepp and Joel Reddick for a discussion about their strip-till and no-till systems, and the challenges they face as young farmers.
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    34 mins
  • 7 Tips for a Better No-Till Harvest

    7 Tips for a Better No-Till Harvest
    Nov 7 2025
    On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, No-Till Innovator Marion Calmer checks in from Alpha, Ill., with 7 tips for a better harvest. Plus, we pay a visit to Tony Peirick’s farm in Watertown, Wis., for a conversation about planting green and whether you need to overhaul your equipment to make the practice work.
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    11 mins
  • What it Takes to No-Till 100-Bushel Soybeans

    What it Takes to No-Till 100-Bushel Soybeans
    Oct 31 2025
    Soybean yields can be stubbornly stagnant for some farmers, but Bryan Severs has found a way to break through the yield barrier. The Potomac, Ill., grower, who no-tills non-GMO soybeans and strip-tills corn across 5,000 acres, shares his program for raising high-yielding soybeans as his farm shoots for 75 bushels an acre in every field, every year.
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    21 mins
  • Halloween Sales to Suburbanites Worth Making

    Halloween Sales to Suburbanites Worth Making
    Oct 24 2025
    Halloween Sales to Suburbanites Worth Making by No-Till Farmer
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    6 mins
  • In the Trenches: What Soil Health Expert Ray Weil Learned Visiting Ukraine Farmers

    In the Trenches: What Soil Health Expert Ray Weil Learned Visiting Ukraine Farmers
    Oct 17 2025
    In today’s episode of the podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, editor John Dobberstein spoke with Ray Weil, an internationally renowned soil scientist at the University of Maryland and former speaker at the National No-Tillage Conference.
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    40 mins
  • Comparing the Economics of No-Till, Strip-Till & Conventional Systems

    Comparing the Economics of No-Till, Strip-Till & Conventional Systems
    Oct 17 2025
    On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, Univ. of Illinois analysts dive into new data from the Precision Conservation Management program, comparing the economic differences between no-till, strip-till and other tillage systems.
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    9 mins