Mike Lessiter

2 months ago | farm-equipment.com | Mike Lessiter

Bill Belichick and the cover of 'The Art of Winning: Lessons from a Life in Football'. Photo: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons | Cover: Simon & SchusterMy after-church reading yesterday included an article from the April 26-27, 2025, Wall Street Journal by football coaching genius Bill Belichick. He wrote a lengthy essay to coincide with the May 5 release of his book, The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football.

2 months ago | no-tillfarmer.com | Mike Lessiter

The Wall Street Journal reporters have been getting quite the education in agriculture these days. Rarely does a week go by that there isn’t major coverage in the WSJ on this “dynamic” industry (how is that for a positive adjective?) we are in. Price volatility, weather, interest rates, inflation, regulations and labor shortages, to name a few. Yet we sensed farmers would start to feel a lift late this winter when the relief payments were to hit.

2 months ago | farm-equipment.com | Mike Lessiter

The Wall Street Journal reporters have been getting quite the education in agriculture these days. Rarely does a week go by that there isn’t major coverage in the WSJ on this “dynamic” industry (how is that for a positive adjective?) we are in. Pricing volatility, weather, interest rates, inflation, regulations and labor shortages, to name a few. Yet we sensed farmers would start to feel a lift late this winter when the USDA relief was to hit.

2 months ago | precisionfarmingdealer.com | Mike Lessiter |Frank Lessiter

While my dad, Frank Lessiter (No-Till Farmer founding editor) -- who was part of the Conservation Technology Information Center’s (CTIC) founding meeting 43 years ago -- has attended numerous “Conservation in Action Tour” in his career, I attended my first a few years ago. And I quickly realized that our company, and our new nonprofit group, the Conservation Ag Foundation, ought to be supporting the organization.

2 months ago | farm-equipment.com | Mike Lessiter

Conservation Technology Information Center's (CTIC) 18th annual Conservation in Action Tour Banquet on May 6-7 in Sioux Falls, is a unique planting-season Tour that includes multiple farm stops and behind-the-scenes industry events so attendees can get new perspectives on how management practices in the fall and early spring help optimize crop production for a cropping year. To learn more and see the full agenda, click here.