Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Larry Marsh pours seed into a no-till seed planter on Tuesday May 5, 2015 at the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, Alaska. The Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District requires that farmers train on certain pieces of its rental equipment before using them. It hosted a training meeting on the seed planter and participants helped to seed a field at the rodeo grounds.

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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Matthew Habermann changes the size of a piece on a no-till seed planter to accommodate a smaller seed on Tuesday May 5, 2015 at the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, Alaska. Habermann and several other area farmers took a class required by the Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District, which owns the planter, as a requirement of using the equipment.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Matthew Habermann changes the size of a piece on a no-till seed planter to accommodate a smaller seed on Tuesday May 5, 2015 at the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, Alaska. Habermann and several other area farmers took a class required by the Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District, which owns the planter, as a requirement of using the equipment.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Emerald Ferguson, of Nikiski, listens to Larry Marsh as the two work to hook a no-till seed planter to a tractor during a Kenai Soil and Water Conservation Class on Tuesday May 5, 2015 at the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, Alaska.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Emerald Ferguson, of Nikiski, listens to Larry Marsh as the two work to hook a no-till seed planter to a tractor during a Kenai Soil and Water Conservation Class on Tuesday May 5, 2015 at the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, Alaska.

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