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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Farmers Ready for Spring Strip-Till Operations

Travis Messer, general manager of Plains Grain & Agronomy, checks in from Mott, N.D., where he’s ready to start making strips and planting. Plains Grain & Agronomy is a 5-location co-op that specializes in custom spraying and strip-till. The company has been strip-tilling since 2008 and currently manages over 20,000 acres across its statewide customer base.

The Next Generation of Strip-Till

Here’s another strip-till video we came across on X last week. Grant Dixon shared this video of 12-year-old Jase running the strip-till rig for the first time in McCook, Neb. The future of strip-till is so bright, you need shades!

How Some Illinois Farmers Accumulated Over $1M of Lost Value

Monte Bottens shared these thought-provoking AI-generated images to show the impacts of excessive nutrient runoff. “1,000 TONS of nitrogen flowed under the IL-82 Green River bridge by Geneseo, Ill., between April 1-April 12. Over $1 Million of lost value to farmers, nearly that much cost to remove it from the water from drinking.”

Monte Bottens LinkedIn post- nitrogen runoff

April 8, the Magic #Plant26 Date for Michigan Strip-Tiller

Brownfield Ag News catches up with southeast Michigan strip-tiller Jim Isley ahead of #Plant26. “We’ve planted soybeans on the 8th day of April for 3 years in a row,” he says. “For each of those 3 years, they were our best soybeans. We plant about 40-50 acres just to try it out. The early-planted beans have done better for us.”

Michigan strip-till planting

Source: Brownfield Ag News

Farmer Discovers ‘Shocking’ Impacts from 10 Years of Cover Crops

One of Matt Griggs’ latest on-farm trials compared long-term cover-cropped soil to conventionally tilled soil. With the help of Ryan Winchester from the Soil Survey Office, the Humboldt, Tenn., farmer discovered some “shocking” results.

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