No-Till Innovator Marion Calmer checks in from the 2026 National Farm Machinery Show with a live demonstration comparing the differences between new Calmer and John Deere concaves.
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
March 22, 2024
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.
An on-farm researcher and iron dealership agronomist share what areas of opportunity exist for machinery dealers to prove out methods of independent seed and chemical sales.
Marion Calmer and Mark Truster sat down during the National No-Tillage Conference to discuss the natural intersection — and blurred lines — between agronomic research and equipment sales, along with opportunities for today's evolving machinery dealer to reduce the risk of assumption based investments by farm customers.
Marion Calmer tells the origin story of his experience in no-till innovations at Calmer Ag Research Center, Calmer Farms and Calmer Corn Heads — even though he thought he just wanted to be a farmer.
Marion Calmer with Calmer Corn Heads talks about upgrades made to the Calmer Chopping Corn Head. These updates were released at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.
Marion Calmer from Calmer Corn Heads introduces the newest addition to the BT line-up of stalk rolls, the BT Chopper for the 600 series John Deere head.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at Compeer Financial and PepsiCo’s pilot program to help lower the cost of strip-till equipment for farmers.
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