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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How this ‘Small Addition’ Keeps Fall Strip-Till Nutrients in Place

An agronomist from the Singular Agronomics team recommends adding a dry humic to your strip-till fertility blend this fall. “By adding carbon in the strip, the humic acids tie up phosphorus and potassium, keeping nutrients in place while improving breakdown and biological activity through the winter.”

Strip-Tilling Triticale While Applying Anhydrous

John Werries (@strip_till_john) checks in with this video from west central Illinois, where he’s strip-tilling triticale while applying anhydrous.

Why Strip-Till Can Work Anywhere

Darren Hefty sums up the top benefits of strip-till in less than 3 minutes, explaining what he tells skeptical growers who question whether the practice can work in their neck of the woods.

Finding the Perfect Moisture to Harvest Corn

Get the scoop on PTI Farm’s phantom yield loss study from Jason Webster, National Strip-Tillage Conference Most Outstanding Speaker Award recipient. Webster has taken 4 corn hybrids and harvested them at 4 different moistures to determine which delivers the highest return when considering yield differentials and drying costs. See which one came out on top!

Strip-Tiller Saves Big Money on Herbicide with Fall Residuals

Clark, S.D., strip-tiller Casey Briggs shares an update on his fall operation in this Tri-State Neighbor feature. Briggs strip-tilled through a couple inches of snow and finished up spraying residual herbicide on corn stalks for next year’s sunflower and soybean crops. “Fall residuals are uncommon in our part of the world, but they work really well. It saves big money on herbicide for next year,” Briggs says.

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