2021 National Strip-Tillage Conference
Date: 08/05/21
Location: Omaha, NE
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Strip-Till Farming 101
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Start with these information-packed articles hand-picked by our editors:
Banding vs. Broadcast: Nutrient Placement Benefits, Techniques & Management
Veteran strip-tillers share proven payback and lessons learned with targeted, timed nutrient applications.
15 Time, Money & Stress-Saving Strip-Till Planting Tips
Creating the ideal seedbed requires diligent residue management, the right precision tools and a willingness to get your hands dirty.
21 Strip-Till Fertility Tips for Feeding Plants the Right Diet
Split nitrogen applications, determining the proper placement depth and doing below-ground root assessments are all part of a well-rounded fertility program.
Events
Attend the 2021 National No-Tillage Conference
LIVE IN-PERSON EVENT
Discover cutting-edge ideas, techniques and strategies from the most innovative, forward-thinking minds in strip-till to raise your level of strip-till profitability, efficiency and efficacy. The 2021 National Strip-Tillage Conference, Aug. 5-6, in Omaha, Neb., offers a mix of thought-provoking general sessions featuring top experts, profit-boosting Strip-Till Classrooms led by strip-till authorities, and interactive farmer-to-farmer Strip-Till Roundtables. Learn more
Soil Health
- Lessons Learned from 2012 Drought Could Mitigate 2021 Issues for Strip-Tillers
- The “Grandfather” of Strip-Till Talks Transition and Technique
- Putting Numbers Behind Nutrient Management Principles
- Defining the Benefits of Soil Health with Dollar-Saving Data
- Deepen Your No-Till Knowledge at the NNTC Summer Intensive
Videos
Getting a Custom Strip-Till Business Started
Looking to emphasize and expand conservation tillage practices in east-central Wisconsin, Brent Petersen, agronomist with Brown County Land & Water Conservation and Mike Pribyl, strip-tiller based in Green Bay, Wis., discuss their combined efforts educating local growers on the value of combining conservation practices and leveraging custom strip-till as an entry point.
A Cost Cutting Mentality Reaps Strip-Till Rewards
Erosion control and banded nutrient placement are a couple of the reasons New Prague, Minn., strip-tiller Greg Entinger adopted strip-till in 2015. He shares some of the economic objectives and measurable returns he's seen with reduced fuel usage, selling full-width tillage equipment and fertilizer cost savings.
Moving Nitrogen Tanks to the Tractor to Improve Cover Crop Application Flexibility
Northfield, Minn., strip-tiller and no-tiller Mike Peterson shares how he retrofitted his John Deere 8200 tractor with liquid fertilizer tanks for split nitrogen application.
Bringing Cattle Back to the Farm to Enhance the Value of Cover Crops
Seeking to combine the return of cattle with capturing the value of cover crops, Rock Creek, Minn., strip-tiller and no-tiller Jon Stevens is grazing cattle on a 30-acre paddock seeded with grasses and cereals with the intention of trying to rotate in corn within 3 years to capture in-field nitrogen.
Strip-Till Strategies
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The “Grandfather” of Strip-Till Talks Transition and Technique
Rich Follmer didn’t set out to become a businessman. In the 1980s, the corn and soybean farmer from central Illinois — considered by many to be the grandfather of strip-till — designed and built a system that would allow him to till the ground and plant soybeans simultaneously.
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Putting Numbers Behind Nutrient Management Principles
In the pursuit of higher soil organic matter levels in their soils, Barry and Eli Little, a father-and-son team farming in Castlewood, S.D., are aggressively adopting regenerative practices.
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Defining the Benefits of Soil Health with Dollar-Saving Data
In principal, the benefits of reducing tillage and introducing cover crops seems intuitive. But, for farmers like Osage, Iowa, strip-tiller Wayne Fredericks, it’s important to textualize these benefits with research, data and his checkbook.
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Prospering from a Green and Growing Approach on Every Acre
Forty years ago, Donn Branton was raising 100-bushel corn, broadcast applying 120-130 pounds per-acre of nitrogen (N) in the process and plowing his fields every year. Today, there’s not a plow to be found on the 1,700-acre LeRoy, N.Y., operation he farms with his son, Chad, and they average 189 bushels of corn on about 0.75 pounds of applied N per dry bushel.
Strip-Till Columns
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What’s the Main Ingredient in Your Strip-Till Recipe?
I like to think of strip-tillers in this context — creative adaptors who are receptive to change and always looking to improve their recipe for success.
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Customizing Strip-Till as a Systematic Service
Talking with farmers throughout the years about their initial experience with strip-till, they routinely mention the financial commitment they were able to minimize with a little innovation. -
Are You Fully Invested in the Economics of Your Farm?
With fall harvest winding down in many areas, strip-tillers have been vigilantly checking yield monitors (calibrated, I hope) and thinking about the next phase of field operations. -
Bottom Line Benefits vs. Bin-Busting Yields
Southeastern Minnesota is always an interesting area to explore the evolution and advancement of strip-till. My recent trip was no different, getting the opportunity to learn about the dollars-and-sense approach local strip-tillers have taken to improve economic returns and not necessarily boost yields.
Strip-Till Farmer Podcast
[Podcast] Cutting Into the Hay & Forage Market with Strip-Till
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, we get some perspective from two strip-till experts, University of California-Davis researcher Jeff Mitchell and Tipton, Calif., strip-tiller Tom Barcellos, on the ongoing evolution of the practice in California and the Western U.S.
The Strip-Till Farmer podcast is brought to you by The Andersons.
Top Directory Listings
Montag Mfg
Located in Emmetsburg, Iowa, Montag Mfg. is a family owned business focused on delivery systems for dry fertilizer begun when Roger Montag received a patent for dry fertilizer meter in 1988.
Environmental Tillage System, Inc
Environmental Tillage Systems is a leading manufacturer of conservation-tillage and nutrient-management equipment which enhances soil productivity and farm profitability.
Kuhn Krause Inc
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.
Yetter Farm Equipment
For over 90 years, Yetter Farm Equipment has designed and manufactured innovative and effective solutions for the agriculture industry. Today, we are proud to be recognized worldwide as an industry leader in designing row cleaners, strip till tools, planter attachments, precision fertilizer placement attachments, rotary hoes, toolbars, and harvest attachments.
Building Healthier Soil Profits
How Lamb Farms Grows Profits & Efficiency with 4R Nutrient Management
For Janette Veazey-Post a New York farmer and one of the owners/operators at Lamb Farms, sustainability is a driving force behind their success. In fact, she attributes their desire to reuse, repurpose and do more with less to helping them become more efficient and profitable each year.
This series is brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS).
Planter Maintenance with Precision Planting
The Heart of Your Planter Needs an Annual Check-up
The meter is the heart of your planter. So if you think about every seed that gets placed in the furrow, it starts at your meter. An uncalibrated meter will cost you yield and money, reducing your profitability.
The Planter Maintenance series is brought to you by Precision Planting. Precision Planting, LLC is the leading provider of practical and effective precision ag technologies to help make farmers smarter every season.
Product Roundups
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Fertilizer & Soil Amendments Product Roundup 2021
Check out the latest fertilizer and soil amendment products from some of the industry's leading suppliers. -
Fertilizer Application Product Roundup 2021
Check out the latest fertilizer application products from some of the industry's leading suppliers. -
Planter & Drill Attachments Product Roundup 2021
Check out the latest planter and drill attachments from some of the industry’s leading suppliers.
Top Store Items
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The Secrets of Soil Biology: How to Make it the Engine for a More Profitable No-Till Operation
Don't miss out on the next no-till breakthrough to help you push yields and profits! This timely and actionable report will lead you through new developments in soil biology. You'll learn the key players that make up your soil 'livestock,' the link between crop rotation and improved soil function and new soil tests that can shine a light on what's happening below the soil surface.