In spite of high heat index and low farm prices, the 19th annual Milan No-Till Field Day on July 22 drew nearly 6,000 visitors interested in hearing research information to help the family farm survive. The event is hosted each year at the University of Tennessee Milan Experiment Station. With the state of the farm economy as it is today, I was pleased with the crowd. It says something about our farmers.
Times are tough, but they're still here trying to find better ways to do things.
Today's farmers face incredible economic pressures, Brown added. The featured topic of this year's field day was surviving and thriving in the next century. I hope the word gets out. Non-farming people don't have a clue that agriculture is in an economic mess. We're always looking for some ways to cut costs, and we think no-till is the way to do it.