[Video] Strip-Tilling Outside the Lines with Intercropping, Stock Cropping & More

From twin-row 60-inch strip-till to intercropping and autonomous grazing, Zack Smith is always pushing the envelope on his 1,200-acre farm in Buffalo Center, Iowa. During his journey for healthier soils and lower production costs, the fifth-generation farmer developed an alternative style of strip intercropping — called stock cropping — that alternates strips of corn and annual pasture. The pasture strips are grazed by multiple species of livestock within an autonomous mobile-barn system.

Smith dives into the benefits of the cutting-edge system — including an 80% reduction in inputs — and shares conclusions from other unique, cloud-pushing on-farm trials with cover crops and strip-till.

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