John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is senior editor of No-Till Farmer magazine. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. He graduated with a B.A. in journalism and political science from Central Michigan University.

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Machine Seeds Cover Crops, Injects Hog Manure in One Pass

No-tiller Virgil Gutshall Sr. says his rigged-up tanker puts manure nutrients in the root zone in an environmentally responsible manner.
A small family owned hog operation in Pennsylvania is the mastermind behind a rig that sidedresses corn with liquid hog manure and seeds cover crops in one pass — possibly the first machine of its kind in the U.S.
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An Aftermarket Business Running on All Cylinders

It may not be everyone’s dream job, but bring up numbers, spreadsheets, reports and benchmarks in a conversation and you’re squarely in Phil Fayhee’s wheelhouse. It’s well established that the real money in any farm equipment dealership is made in the aftermarket department, and Birkey’s is no different with a nearly 20% and 35% contribution margin in parts and service, respectively.
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