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No-till agriculture: A legacy born in Kentucky

Harry Young, Marie Young and Shirley Phillips, UK agronomist, pose next to the No-Tillage Historical Marker on the Youngs' farm.

Harry Young and John Young by the No-Till Birthplace Historical Marker on the Youngs' farm. Photo courtesy of Alexander Young.

Lloyd Murdock and Jim Herbek, both UK professor emeritus, were instrumental in making no-till work for wheat. Photo by Matt Barton, UK agricultural communications.

Harry Young and Shirley Phillips unveiling the No-Tillage Historical Marker on Young's farm. Photo courtesy of John Young.

Todd County farmer and no-till row cleaner inventor Howard Martin, left, and Lloyd Murdock, UK professor emeritus discuss Martins soil quality on a recent trip to his farm. Photo by Matt Barton, UK agricultural communications.

Harry Young looks at pods in a soybean field. Photo courtesy of Alexander Young.

The planter Harry Young used to grow his first no-till crop. Photo courtesy of Alexander Young.

Located at UK's Spindletop Research Farm in Lexington, the Blevins plots are one of the longest running continuous no-till corn research projects in the world. Photo by Hanna Poffenbarger, UK soil scientist.

The next generation of Young family farmers from left Mary, Jeffrey, Matthew, Laura and Alexander. Photo courtesy of Alexander Young.

An early newspaper article about No-Plow Corn. Photo courtesy of Alexander Young.

UK soil scientist John Grove in one of his no-till nitrogen source trials. Photo by Greg Schwab.

Current no-till research at UK includes this project by Hanna Poffenbarger, UK soil scientist, that measures moisture differences in no-till and conventional-tilled fields. Photo by Hanna Poffenbarger.

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