No till notes: 'Back in the field'

If you have been out and about in the countryside lately you’ve undoubtedly noticed a lot of activity. The boys and girls are back in the field to begin another farming season. Along with the activity come the headaches of battling to get the crops planted in the fields. Planting the crops always seems to be the most difficult part of the growing season.

Our farming operation is similar to the Husker football team in that we sometimes fail to execute well thought out plans we’ve developed over the winter. We soon find out equipment was “shop ready” and not “field ready”. Details were overlooke...