John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is the Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer, and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. This is John's second stint with Lessiter Media, the previous lasting almost 13 years.

Contact: jdobberstein@lessitermedia.com

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Drones Proving Valuable for Applying Fungicides

When compared to ground rigs, airplanes or helicopters, drones offer competitive performance in low-volume applications, research at Beck’s Hybrids shows.

In Beck’s on-farm spray trial locations in Indiana, central Illinois and Ohio, 2025 was the first year researchers experienced heavy disease pressure, leading to concern that drones wouldn’t perform well.


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USDA Releases $12B Aid Package for Farmers

Of particular interest for dealers and manufacturers, during the announcement President Trump also said the administration was going to allow tractor manufacturers — calling out Deere specifically — to remove a lot of the "environmental restrictions they have on machinery."
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The Legacy of ‘Big Hugh’ & New Challenges for Saving the Soil

An evolution in thinking, precision technology and science has given us new ways to farm more sustainably and efficiently without punishing the soil. The enemy, of course, is apathy.
An evolution in thinking, precision technology and science has given us new ways to farm more sustainably and efficiently without punishing the soil. The enemy, of course, is apathy.
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