No-Till Farmer

“For the first shovel out of the ground to find an earthworm, that’s just unheard of in Arizona,” Robert Boyle says. Editor Noah Newman shares more observations from his visit with the Strip-Till Innovator in Coolidge, Ariz.

I just got back from Coolidge, Ariz., where Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle is proving cover crops can work anywhere…even in the desert with less than 7 inches of rain.

In the No-Till Farmer Email Discussion Group, we asked, “How are you seeding cover crops?” Let’s see what you said.

As the weather heats up and farmers everywhere get busier, the editorial team and I are getting plans squared away to hit the road and travel to several farms and field days in the coming months.

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month, May 2026.

If you are a white male farmer who has been received EQUIP funds from the JU.S. Department of Agriculture, the feds may have been costing you dollars.

A special Southeast Minnesota Soil Health Bus Tour will bring up to 50 farmers to the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Aug. 6-7 in Springfield, Ill. The tour is sponsored by the Rice and Steele Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Moving on now to our Video of the Week, our Mike Lessiter caught up with Chris Abbott, the CEO of Pivot Bio for an exclusive interview following the move of company headquarters to the Twin Cities.

This Week's Lineup:No-Tilling Corn to Combat High Fuel Prices No-Till a First Step to Increasing Profitability No-Till Management Logistics No-Till Transition Transforms Farm No-Till Planter for Multiple Crops

One of our 50 states has decided to ban the herbicide that got no-till started in the early years before glyphosate came along.