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Jim Kinsella

Jim Kinsella

Age: 67
Interview Date: 5/23/2008
Interviewer: Michael Maniscalco, Illinois State Museum
Interview Length: 132 minutes Sit-Down Interview, 24 minutes Walk-and-Talk Interview
County: McLean
Jim is an innovative soil scientist who is widely regarded as the father of no-till agriculture. A retired jet pilot, he operates a family corn and soybean farm using global positioning system (GPS) technology.

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60s

BioID: 15

County: McLean

Gender: Male

Interview Decade: 2000s

Transcript:

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Interview

File Label: ISM Interviews A-L, Segment 26

SEGMENT: FARMING METHODS, LAND ACQUISITION, & CHILDHOOD WORK: Video duration 13:42

RTK Accuracy: duration 02:17

Family Time in the Country: duration 02:59

SEGMENT:CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, FARM ORANIZATIONS, & RELIGION: Video duration 09:16

FFA: A strong base for education: duration 01:51

"Kinsella Daycare": duration 01:34

Soil and Erosion: duration 02:22

No-Till Training: duration 02:34

The No-Till Method: duration 02:59

SEGMENT: NO-TILL: Video duration 09:16

'It just didn't look right': duration 03:08

SEGMENT: NON-FARM WORK & SOIL: Video duration 11:16

BASF: duration 02:17

Little Government Support: duration 03:17

SEGMENT: AGRO-CHEMICALS, FARMING METHODS, & PESTS: Video duration 13:50

SEGMENT: HIRED HELP, REFLECTIONS, & FARM BUSINESS: Video duration 12:42

SEGMENT: ORGANIC FARMING & FUTURE OF FARMING: Video duration 09:51

A Soil Conservation Pioneer: duration 01:25

SEGMENT: REFLECTIONS & FARMING METHODS: Video duration 07:08

Stealing A Tractor: duration 01:17

Vodka and Soil: duration 02:51

SEGMENT: ACTIVITIES: Video duration 15:25

Fighter Jets & Tractors: duration 03:42

Closing conversation: duration 04:16

File Label: Kinsella, Jim, Section 1

SEGMENT: FARM EQUIPMENT: Video duration 12:27

Automatic tractor: duration 05:28

SEGMENT: FARMING METHODS: Video duration 07:52

SEGMENT: FARMHOUSE: Video duration 02:08