No-till on the Plains

No-till on the Plains No-till on the Plains is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to provide education and networking on agricultural production systems.

No-till on the Plains, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit educational organization providing information for producers to adopt high-quality continuous no-till systems, and to further develop those systems. While adopting high-quality continuous no-tillage and utilizing the best agronomic practices has the potential to greatly improve producers efficiency and profitability, many other benefits accrue to s

ociety, such as greatly reduced soil erosion of cropland, less sedimentation of rivers, lakes, and streams along with improved wildlife habitat, all while sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide in soil organic matter. Each year No-till on the Plains presents educational events such as the world-renown Winter Conference, Agriculture's Innovative Minds (AIM) Symposium, Whirlwind Expo field days, International tours, and regional bus tours, allowing attendees to get practical and relevant production and management information from fellow producers and predominant scientists, all of whom are setting the reference standard in no-tillage systems.

Bus Tour producer spotlight!Lohrding Three Bar Ranch, Coldwater, Kansas Mark and Sindi Lohrding, along with Mark's Paren...
05/21/2026

Bus Tour producer spotlight!

Lohrding Three Bar Ranch, Coldwater, Kansas

Mark and Sindi Lohrding, along with Mark's Parents, Arlie and Patricia own and operate Lohrding Three Bar Ranch Inc. in Comanche and Clark County Kansas.
The ranch consists of both a registered and commercial black Angus cattle operation that incorporates a year round grazing system. They market bred females, bulls, grass fed beef, and high quality grass fed feeder animals.
The ranch has been involved in management intensive grazing for 20+ years that encompasses over 100 semi- permanent paddocks and has recently added their cropland to the grazing system.
Mark is the 4th generation Lohrding to ranch in Comanche County and the 3rd generation to live at the headquarters in North West Comanche County. Mark and Sindi have three sons Cole, who is back on the operation full-time, Cade, who is a local school teacher and spends his summer and weekends helping on the ranch, and Cody, a traveling welder who helps out as his schedule allows, along with one daughter Hadley who also assists with the family business.
The 5th generation of Lohrdings is now being raised on the ranch with grandkids being added to the mix.

Registration is open!

https://www.notill.org/events/southern-plains-grazing-tour

For more information about Lorhding Three Bar Ranch-
https://www.lohrdingthreebarranch.com/

Aug 11-12, 2026 make plans to join us on the Southwest Kansas Grazing Tour!Join us for a 2 day grazing tour! The bus wil...
05/04/2026

Aug 11-12, 2026 make plans to join us on the Southwest Kansas Grazing Tour!

Join us for a 2 day grazing tour! The bus will leave and return each day to the Best Western in Greensburg, KS.
There is a room block is under Aaron Sawyers. ***Attendees are responsible for their own rooms.***
Thankful to our sponsors for allowing us to offer this 2 day tour for only $50!
Register at: https://www.notill.org/events/southern-plains-grazing-tour

Tour stops include: Lohrding Three Bar Ranch, Coldwater, KS, Kevin Wiltse, 2025 Kansas Leopold Award Recipient, Timken, KS, and Lazy KT Ranch-Katie Blunk, 2021 Oklahoma Leopold Award Recipient, Freedom, OK.

Sharing a few photos from the Urban Ag Mini-Conference held in Lawrence, Kansas on March 7! It was a great day for learn...
04/06/2026

Sharing a few photos from the Urban Ag Mini-Conference held in Lawrence, Kansas on March 7! It was a great day for learning and for bettering our resources.

Daphne Miller, MD kicking off our morning with her presentation. "Small Farms, Mighty Medicine"
03/07/2026

Daphne Miller, MD kicking off our morning with her presentation. "Small Farms, Mighty Medicine"

We'll see you in Lawrence later this morning!Join us for the No-till on the Plains Urban Ag mini-conference. Registratio...
03/07/2026

We'll see you in Lawrence later this morning!

Join us for the No-till on the Plains Urban Ag mini-conference. Registration opens at 8:30 with the conference getting under way at 9 AM.

We do have limited walk-in registration available for those of you that had plans and something came up and now you're free.

Don't forget to register! We are sending meal count to the chef this week!Topics include:Soil health and how it correlat...
02/23/2026

Don't forget to register! We are sending meal count to the chef this week!

Topics include:
Soil health and how it correlates with human health.
Intro to Beekeeping
What a CSA entails
Backyard chickens
Small ruminants

Register at: https://www.notill.org/events/urban-ag-and-small-acreage-mini-conference

FFA advisors if you have students that would like to attend please have them contact Aaron at [email protected] or 785-210-4549 for a scholarship for a discounted registration!

Early Bird Pricing is still in effect! Register for the Urban Ag Mini-Conference as we are approaching our deadline to g...
02/17/2026

Early Bird Pricing is still in effect! Register for the Urban Ag Mini-Conference as we are approaching our deadline to give meal count to our chef! The $75 registration fee includes lunch, snacks, and all materials for the day.

Topics include: Economics of Veggie Production, Greenhouse and High Tunnel Considerations, Intro to Bee Keeping, Livestock Integration on smaller acreage, and more!
Register at: https://www.notill.org/events/urban-ag-and-small-acreage-mini-conference

Happy Saturday we hope you enjoy a day in the nice weather. If you haven't yet, make plans to join us in Lawrence, on Ma...
02/07/2026

Happy Saturday we hope you enjoy a day in the nice weather. If you haven't yet, make plans to join us in Lawrence, on March 7 for the Urban Ag-Mini Conference!

Speaker Spotlight!
Chris Tecklenberg
Teck Farms
Shawna and Chris grew up in western Kansas towns. Chris is a 1992 graduate of Scott Community High School in Scott City. Shawna is a 1998 graduate of Dighton High School. After high school Chris went to 3 years of college then served 2 ½ years in the United States Army. In 1998 he went back to college and received a biology degree with an emphasis in Rangeland Management from Ft. Hays State University. After high school Shawna attended two years of college at Hutchison Community College. She then went to Massage Therapy school in Colorado Springs. The two met in 2000 and married in 2003. They have three lovely children, Tyler 21, Treyden 19, and Avery 17. Tyler and Treyden are both serving in the U.S. Army at Ft. Drum New York. Chris started working for the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2001 and retired in 2025. Shawna worked as massage therapist for 21 years and both are now working full-time at Teck Farms.

Tecklenburg Farms LLC was established on September 1, 2016, by Chris and Shawna Tecklenburg. The Mission at Tecklenburg Farms is to make nutritious food more affordable and accessible to all, serve the community, promote stewardship, and educate on health and wellness. The small 6-acre urban farm is in a neighborhood on the west side of Hendricks and 13th in Hutchinson, Kansas. Our small urban farm is certified as organic and operated by resourceful agriculturists who combine entrepreneurship, business skills, family labor, and knowledge to produce food and fiber products consumed by the local people. Chris and Shawna created Glenwood Gardens Health and Wellness Foundation in 2017 to promote “a healthy way of life through the education of growing and consuming nutritious food.”

Register is open at https://www.notill.org/events/urban-ag-and-small-acreage-mini-conference

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Protection, KS
67127

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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