Ashland, Neb., farmer Jim Kucera discusses the benefits of planting earlier and having soils dry out faster with strip-till, as well as decreased weed pressure and his use of variable-rate seeding.
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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.
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