Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:

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Strip-Till Q&A with Jodi DeJong-Hughes

Minnesota extension crops and soils educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes, AKA the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time), is the guest on this week’s edition of RealAgriculture’s Soil School. DeJong-Hughes shares strip-till keys to success and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls for first timers.

How to Take Advantage of Tax Savings on Equipment Purchases

If you’re planning to buy new equipment for your strip-till operation, you may be able to take advantage of tax savings in the form of a Section 179 deduction limit and bonus depreciation. This article from AgWeb serves as a straightforward refresher and explains the rules for if you have new equipment on order, but not yet on your farm.

If you’re planning to buy farm equipment before the end of the year, here’s a refresher on two tax tools you can use.

Test Run: Farmer Reviews New Deere Strip-Till Unit

The new Deere strip-till unit isn’t available for order until February, but “6th Gen Farmer” on YouTube has already tried it out. The jovial host is one of a select few to test out the ST16 Drawn model before it officially hits the market. He shares his thoughts on how it performed during a trial run.

Strip-Tillers React to Deere’s Big Reveal

Speaking of the new Deere unit, we asked some of our readers for their thoughts about it in the Strip-Till Farmer e-mail discussion group. Our good friend Jon Stevens says, “SoilWarrior units on a John Deere toolbar, I don’t think it’s anything groundbreaking. Deere is a marketing machine, so if they get some facts and figures, and can discuss the true benefits of strip-till then it might really convince people.”

New Deere Strip-Till Unit

What is Your Biggest Yield Robber?

3 farmers weigh in on the question above in this article by Farm Journal’s Chris Bennett. Kansas native Kent Winter says, “the 800-pound gorilla in the room is dry weather.” He reveals two ways to compensate for lack of moisture.

In south-central Kansas, Kent Winter grows corn, grain sorghum and soybeans on 1,500 acres of mainly dryland. Photo courtesy of Kent Winter

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