Life-Long Learning Essential to Success in Agriculture

Meet farmer Allen Hensley. In his 20s, Allen Hensley was managing restaurants in Oklahoma, but when he drove by farms similar to those that shaped his youth, he knew he was missing his calling.  “One of the hardest things for me was driving by the fields being harvested.  I could just smell it, the memories […]

A Better Way to Farm

Last year, Allen Hensley was talking to his friend Ryan Harlan who told him, “There has to be a better way to farm.”   The two Texas farmers were talking about farming more efficiently and profitably, with less disturbance of the soil, fewer costly synthetic inputs, and less reliance on high-dollar machinery.   “I met Ryan with […]

Corn Belt Cover Crop Selection

Although cover cropping is certainly not by any means a new farming technique, it had been largely abandoned by the majority of the farming industry for quite some time. Now with the resurgence of conservation agriculture, we are seeing much more attention given to the topic than in previous years. While this is very exciting […]