No-Till Seeding School

The Seeding School may be resurrected in 2011.
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In the meantime, Exapta's DVD 'No-Till Seeding Explained' covers many
of the same topics with detailed visuals.

It’s critical to understand just what you’re trying to accomplish with your planter or drill before you start making adjustments or buying upgrades. While placing seeds into the soil is nothing new, doing so with structured no-till soil conditions certainly is a relatively recent development (apologies to those who’ve been doing it for 30 years already). Since the concepts and methods aren’t all that intuitive or obvious, we’ve assembled this event to help you think through the process. (To be quite honest, even us ‘experts’ learn some important new things every year in the field.)

There’s nothing like hands-on experience and observation—that’s what the attendees find at Exapta’s No-Till Seeding Schools every year. The Exapta crew takes pride in the event, in which we demonstrate a wide assortment of attachments for planters & drills, including a chance to observe them functioning the day of the School, as well as the growing crops that were planted earlier with the same configuration (usually 12 rows or more of different attachments, adjustments, and/or worn components). Here’s an opportunity not just to compare the choices, but also to learn of some of the interactions amongst the components of your seeder’s openers.

Matt Hagny, Exapta’s founder and President, distills it down to need-to-know points about your seeding tool, whether a planter or a drill, often with some helpful agronomic information for good measure. Experienced no-till farmers round out the presentations, including Kent Stones, Doug Palen, Craig Stehly, Keith & Ben Thompson and many others. The program provides an interactive (and perhaps even entertaining) format in a relaxed setting for a pleasant learning process.

Stay tuned for info on next year’s No-Till Seeding School (dates/location TBA).

We’d like to thank our past Seeding School hosts, including Craig & Gene Stehly, Joe Swanson, David Young, and Doug & Tracey Palen.

What past attendees are saying:

"We always get a lot out of your Seeding Schools. We feel comfortable no-tilling now."
—Lennie Blain, D.S.&R. Cordel, Cawker City, KS (multi-year attendees)

"Well worthwhile. Very informational. One of the better things I've done—I could actually see what I was supposed to be doing, rather than just hearing someone talk about it. The planter demonstration was impressive as to the differences in what we're doing with the operation of each component. Time well-spent."
—Glenn Bauer, Regan, ND

"The Seeding School was really worthwhile. The guys need to be there—they should be going every year."
Tom Rabern, Huron, SD (multi-year attendee)
 
"The Seeding School is very enlightening"
Dale Schmitt, Beloit, KS (multi-year attendee)