This is a photo tour of the growing season in Indiana with planting starting (depending on the weather of course) usually in late April or early May and ending with harvest in late September or early October. We have been no-till planting for around 12 years and have been successful with this method of farming. Here is a brief explanation of how no-till works. The only time that the ground is tilled is during the actual planting process. A strip about six inches wide is tilled in front of where each row of corn or beans will be and that is it for tillage. It saves a lot of time in ground preparation during the spring which turns into savings of fuel cost and less wear on equipment. In a dry year there is the advantage of better soil moisture since the ground has not been tilled.

I hope you enjoy the pictures and hopefully you will have a better understanding of at least part of the process that takes place before the food gets to your table. Thanks for looking. Jeff.

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