By Mark Badertscher
This year’s Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference will be March 10-11, 2026, at Ohio Northern University located at 525 S Main Street, Ada, Ohio. (40.766096, -83.827506). Connect with other great farmers and CCAs, experience new ideas, and increase your net income.
You won’t want to miss our keynote speaker Monte Bottens. Monte is a fifth-generation farmer, the host of the AgEmerge Podcast and a regenerative ag tech investor. Bottens Family Farm practices long term no-till, cover crops, and has integrated livestock on 2,800-acres near Cambridge, Illinois. He raises non-GMO and food grade corn and soybeans along with small grains, specialty crops, hay, and grazing crops. His father, Bob, manages many day-to-day operations. Robyn and Monte Bottens own and operate Grateful Graze, a direct to consumer, pasture-raised beef, chicken, pork and eggs business. Monte is being sponsored by Calmer Corn Heads. Other major sponsors of this year’s CTTC include Brandt.
The Agronomic Crop Management sessions will take place both Tuesday and Wednesday. Dan Quinn, Purdue University will address the Management of New Short-Stature Corn Hybrids: Lessons from Multi-Year Trials in Indiana; while Laura Lindsey and Osler Ortez, The Ohio State University will introduce you to Battle for the Belt 2.0. Hacking Agronomy: The Science Behind Big Claims from Novel Input Products, will be the topic of Nicole Fiorellino, University of Maryland. Simer Virk, Auburn University will speak on Soil Sampling Considerations for Site-Specific Nutrient Management.
Source : osu.edu