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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Agronomists Share Tips for Fall Strip-Till Applications

The Andersons agronomists help you prepare for the 2024 growing season in this educational webinar. This 30-minute session is packed with information about stalk degradation, soil sampling tips and fall strip-till recommendations.

Heavy Hitters Gather for Strip-Till Field Day

Iowa State’s Strip-Till Field Day in Renwick, Iowa, featured the who’s who of strip-till equipment. Lynx, Dawn, ZML, Yetter, Kuhn Krause, Environmental Tillage Systems and Orthman by Unverferth all take center stage in this video from Lance Glendenning on X.

Strip-Tiller Shatters Soybean Yield World Record

Georgia strip-tiller Alex Harrell broke his mentor Randy Dowdy’s world soybean record with a yield of 206 bushels per acre! Harrell uses a Schlagel Rip Till in the spring, and plants 1-2 days after making strips on terminated cover crop ground. Harrell shows off his record-breaking soybeans in this picture.

Strip-Till Hall of Famers Recognized

Check out Phyllis Coulter’s write-up on the inaugural Strip-Till Hall of Fame class in Illinois Farmer Today. Tony Vyn, Rich Follmer and Jim Kinsella were recently honored during the 10th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference in Bloomington, Ill.

First three Strip-Till Hall of Fame inductees honored

Jim Kinsella, Rich Follmer, and Tony Vyn, are inducted into the first class of the Strip-Till Hall of Fame at the National Strip-Tillage Conference in Bloomington Aug. 4. Photo by: Phyllis Coulter.

Protecting Valuable Topsoil with Cover Crops

In this video from Practical Farmers of Iowa, Will Cannon of Prairie City, Iowa; Nathan Anderson of Aurelia, Iowa; Jon Bakehouse of Hastings, Iowa; and Martin Larsen of Byron, Minn., share how cover crops keep valuable topsoil in their fields and prevent erosion.

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