No-till saved their farm Frustrated by back-to-back years of drought, Alan Johnson bucked a trend 40 years ago and tried his hand at no-till. It made all the difference. By 3/5/2021 Alan Johnson is proud that his grandchildren know the land. “We’re driving through the pasture in the UTV,” he says, a broad grin spilling across his face. “Lila reaches out after we get through the gate and grabs a couple stems of grass. ‘Oh, this is crested wheat grass,’ she says, showing them to me. ‘And this one here is brome grass.’ That’s kind of neat. They can identify grasses and they’re really proud of what we’re doing here.”