No-Till Innovator Awards encourage conservation. (FYI News & Notes).Six organizations and individuals were honored for their contributions to conservation tillage through the No-Till Innovator Awards, co-sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and No-Till Farmer magazine. Loudonville Farmers Equity, a locally owned cooperative in Loudonville, Ohio
Loudonville is a village in Ashland and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,906 at the 2000 census. , was honored in the Ag Supplier category for renting no-till drills and providing custom chemical applications. Brad Mathson, part owner (Law) one of several owners or tenants in common. See See also: Part of Whitehall Agricultural Service in Whitehall, Wis., was recognized for his consulting work. Guetterman Brothers Farms, Bucyrus, Kan., won the crop production category for their 100 percent no-till farming no-till farming or till-less agriculture Cultivation technique in which the soil is disturbed only along the slit or hole into which seeds are planted. Reserved detritus from previous crops covers and protects the seedbed. operation. Herb Stam of Hi-Pro Manufacturing, Watseka, Ill., was recognized for equipment systems design in his invention of the B-33 Mole Knife. West Tennessee West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Of the three, it is the most sharply defined geographically. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River on the west and the Tennessee River on the east. No-Till Farmers Association received the award for outstanding organization. Dr. Glover Triplett Jr., research professor in the Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. plant and soil sciences department, received an award for his contributions to research and education. |
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