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2023 Strip-Till Innovator

[Video] Overcoming Strip-Till Challenges

May 24, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
Ryan Shaw, 2023 Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient, highlights his in-cab set up, including the precision technology, cameras and monitors that make strip-till work on his 1,400-acre corn, soybean and sugar beet farm in Marlette, Mich. Shaw also details his strip-till origin story and shares some of the early challenges he and his wife, Melissa, faced when they switched to strip-till in 2014. 
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2023 Strip-Till Innovator

[Video] 2023 Strip-Till Innovator’s Dos and Don’ts of Strip-Till

May 24, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
Hop inside the cab with Ryan Shaw, 2023 Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient, as he runs his Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) SoilWarrior ahead of corn planting in May. The Marlette, Mich., native shares the nuts and bolts of his system, lessons learned since his strip-till journey began in 2014 and his ultimate “strip-till truths.” 
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Why Compaction Happens in Your Soils

Increasing equipment weight & reliance on ‘myths’ for compaction alleviation cause soils to harden & negatively impact yields.
By Julienne Isaacs posted on April 7, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health
A regional educator for the University of Minnesota Extension based in west-central Minnesota, Jodi DeJong-Hughes helps farmers improve soil health by minimizing soil compaction and improving tillage systems.
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United States Farmers Leading the Way in Sustainable Practices

Many have branded modern commercial farming as detrimental to the environment; however, data collected in a new book shows quite the opposite.
March 28, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health
In January 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released data documenting the nation’s agricultural outputs, inputs and total farm factor productivity. The research shows a steady increase in total agricultural output from 1948 to 2017, with no increase in farm inputs over the same period.
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What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling

What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling

Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, are planting corn into strips for the first time in southern Wisconsin. Leo and Patrick discuss how their strip-till maiden voyage has gone so far in this preview of Leo’s 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling.” The conference takes place Aug. 8-9 in Madison, Wis. Download the full program and register at StripTillConference.com.
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Kuhn Krause's focus, above all, is to continue to produce quality products to serve producers better; to strive to respond to their needs with new tools and new technology to meet their growing challenges. Agronomic practices are constantly changing, and at a faster pace now than ever.
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