Jerry Maxheimer - a "No-Till" Farmer since 1991

Jerry likes to use his drill to cut diagonally across his old furrows as he fertilizes and plants his
 soybeans.  Thus, the ground-up last-year's corn stalks serve as a mulch for his new bean crop,
thereby helping the ground retain more moisture and nutrients for his current crop.

The next several photos are of Jerry's drill.

The following photos are of Jerry's crops in 2004.  


And this was only July 2nd, 2004


Emerging soybean
Silk pests (Japanese Beetle).  They like eating the silks 
after they get full of pollen.  Hopefully, most of the 
pollination is done by the time the beetles get to it.


Each corn silk is connected to its kernal much like computer wires to each computer
on a network.  The silks are hallow like a straw and the pollen travels up these "silk tubes" to pollinate the kernals.


Grandson shows July 2nd, 2004, Lincoln Courier

Time line of Summer - 2004 Crop

Board of Directors - National Farmers Organization