Articles Tagged with ''Frank lessiter''

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Your No-Till History

Remembering Howard Dean Martin (1944-2024) & the No-Till Row Cleaner

Credited with the first mechanical no-till row cleaner, the No-Till Farmer Legend, farmer & designer left a swath of innovation that helped no-till work
The future of Howard Martin’s industry-leading innovation, which was so critical to success with the new no-till method, was in doubt on several occasions.
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Ford's Tractor
Farm Equipment History

The Story of Henry Ford’s Tractor

An excerpt from the 2022 book release, Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester and the Birth of Modern Agriculture, gives Farm Equipment subscribers insight into the origins of the Ford Tractor and the man behind it.
An excerpt from the 2022 book release, Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester and the Birth of Modern Agriculture, gives Farm Equipment subscribers insight into the origins of the Ford Tractor and the man behind it.
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1903 Ford Runabout

When Henry Ford Didn’t Have the Bucks

Frank Lessiter wrote the book Centennial Farm: How Six Generations Farmed the Land in 1997. The following chapter discusses the Lessiter family connection to Henry Ford.
Frank Lessiter wrote the book Centennial Farm: How Six Generations Farmed the Land in 1997. The following chapter discusses the Lessiter family connection to Henry Ford.
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Lessiter
To the Point

Unprecedented Times, These Are …

As most of you know, our company also publishes No-Till Farmer (NTF), now in its 50th year (my dad, Frank, has personally edited each edition since 1972). With NTF’s half-century milestone and the 60th anniversary of the first commercial no-till plots in Kentucky in 2022, we’ve been preparing a museum display to bring to Louisville for the 30th National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC) in January.


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How We Did It

[Podcast] Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs: Lessiter Media

In this episode of the Farm Equipment podcast, “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs” (sponsored by Osmundson Manufacturing), Executive Editor Dave Kanicki sat down with Frank, Pam and Mike Lessiter of Lessiter Media.
In this episode of the Farm Equipment podcast, “How We Did It: Conversations with Ag Equipment's Entrepreneurs” (sponsored by Osmundson Manufacturing), Executive Editor Dave Kanicki sat down with Frank, Pam and Mike Lessiter of Lessiter Media.
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