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:
- Local Organizations Boost Strip-Till Education
- #Plant26 Yields Unintentional Cover Cropping Experiment
- Strip-Till Adoption Trends Measured from Space!
- Strip-Tiller Calls Audible Amidst Fertilizer Price Spikes
- Frost, Hail & Heavy Rains Create Challenges for Strip-Tillers
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Local Organizations Boost Strip-Till Education
In this article, Ag Week features the Rice and Steele SWCDs and their efforts to send local farmers from Minnesota to the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Aug. 6-7 in Springfield, Ill.
#Plant26 Yields Unintentional Cover Cropping Experiment
John Stamek checks in from Polk County, Mo., with an update on how his planting season is going so far. Stamek explains how he spaced out his planting dates throughout the spring and stumbled upon an unintentional experiment with crimson clover along the way.
Strip-Till Adoption Trends Measured from Space!
Univ. of Illinois researchers are mapping strip-till and no-till trends with satellite imagery and machine learning, as Hannah Spangler reports in this FarmWeekNow feature. Results showed conservation tillage has increased gradually across the Midwest over the past two decades, but adoption patterns vary by crop and region.
Source: FarmWeek
Strip-Tiller Calls Audible Amidst Fertilizer Price Spikes
LaSalle County, Ill., farmer David Isermann has strip-tilled for years to become more flexible with fertilizer applications. “We end up splitting our nitrogen, so a little bit in the fall with the dry, and now right here before the planter, and then we’ll side dress.” He says, “We’re going to end up with about 50% of our nitrogen on before we plant. So, if things aren’t looking good, we can adjust.” Even so, he tells Brownfield that he’s worried about next year’s fertilizer needs. “If they get the issue over in the Middle East taken care of, they get the Strait of Hormuz opened up, that fertilizer that’s backed up isn’t probably going to get here in time to do us much good. So, it’s going to screw up everything for 2027 also.”
Source: Brownfield Ag News
Frost, Hail & Heavy Rains Create Challenges for Strip-Tillers
Dust storms, frost damage, hail and heavy rains — Ken Ferrie has pretty much seen it all this planting season across parts of the Midwest. The veteran agronomist explains some of the challenges strip-tillers are dealing with in his latest Boots in the Field Report.
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