To read more memories and leave your own comments, visit /brandt. Dozens of readers wrote in, all touched by Brandt’s teachings in some way, whether they had met him in person or not. In June, No-Till Farmer asked readers to share their favorite memory of Brandt and how he impacted their operation. Numerous no-tillers, cover croppers and industry experts looked to Brandt as a mentor and innovator. Brandt also received the No-Till Innovator Award for crop production in 2015.īrandt spoke to farmers at countless events across the U.S., including many National No-Tillage Conferences, always sharing a wealth of practical and low-input cost ideas used on his own farm to increase no-till profitability. In 2008, No-Till Farmer recognized Brandt in its first class of Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners for his use of cover crops to reduce inputs. "Since then, cover crops have become the anchor of a diverse crop rotation in our continuous no-till system."īrandt received numerous awards for his conservation practices, including the Ohio Conservation Educator Award from the Ohio No-Till Council, Ohio State University South Center's Supporter of the Year, Ohio Agriculture's Man of the Year, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award and Ohio NRCS Soil Conservationist Partnership and State Volunteer Awards. "When I planted my first cover crop - cereal rye - in 1978 to control erosion on poorly drained, hilly clay soils, I had no idea what the full ramifications of that decision would be," Brandt said in an article reflecting on what was then 30 years of using covers. In 1978, he started running a 1,150-acre corn, soybean and wheat operation, and planted his first cover crop. Brandt began farming in 1971 and imported the first known no-till drill into the U.S.
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