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Jake Miller

@jakemiller

Iowa, United StatesCrops farmingOn realfarmtalk since July 2026

Corn and soybeans on 2,400 acres in central Iowa. No-till for 11 years. If you can measure it, you can manage it.

  1. Jul 10, 2026

    Soil moisture probes at 14 inches: my no-till ground is holding 1.8" more plant-available water than the conventionally worked field across the fence line. Eleven years of not dragging steel through the ground, and July is when it pays the rent. The corn can tell. So can the banker.