Justin Knopf is the farmer in the acclaimed book and Netflix film “Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman.” 

Knopf, a fifth-generation farmer, is a nationally recognized expert in sustainable, no-till farming. Knopf, alongside his brother, Jeff, and father, Jerry, raise alfalfa, wheat, soybeans, grain sorghum, corn and cover crops on 4,500 acres in central Kansas. 

After graduating from Kansas State University in 2000, Justin spent three years working in the seed industry as an agronomist before returning to the farm full time.

Justin and his wife Lindsey live east of Salina, KS, with their three children. 

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