The strip-till dream team of Chris Perkins, 2024 Strip-Till Innovator and Best Speaker Award recipient, and Chris Kasten, soil test data analyst and co-founder of Agrimodis, share how they’re rethinking the traditional approach to strip-till nutrient management and plant testing. Perkins and Kasten detail a cutting-edge, data-driven approach that analyzes nutrient quantities, not concentrations, to pinpoint excessive and deficient nutrients in your crops. Perkins and Kasten also discuss the importance of nutrient balance and the crucial relationship between plant density, weight and nutrient removal.

You’ll Learn:  New plant testing methods, how to estimate yield potential as early as V8 & fine-tune your strip-till

View the full speaker agenda and topics here.

The 13th Annual National Strip-Tillage Conference is heading to Springfield, Ill. on August 6-7, 2026. Join us to experience an energizing agenda featuring inspiring general session speakers, expert-led Strip-Till Classrooms, collaborative Strip-Till Roundtables and unlimited networking opportunities.

The jam-packed conference agenda includes:

• 6 thought-provoking general sessions
• 13 expert-led classrooms on specific topics
• 14 interactive farmer-to-farmer roundtable discussions
• Pre-conference workshop
• Meals & networking events
• Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) continuing education credits

For more information about the 2026 National Strip-Tillage Conference, to register for the event and to book your hotel room visit StripTillFarmer.com/NSTC

The National Strip-Tillage Conference extends its thanks to our 2026 Title sponsors: Ag Leader, AgSynergy, Case IH, Dawn Equipment Co., Environmental Tillage Systems, ForGround by Bayer, HUMA, KUHN, Land Luvr, Lynx Ag, eKonomics, Total Farm Marketing, Unverferth Mfg. Co., Inc., Vulcan Equipment, Yetter Farm Equipment and Zimmerman Manufacturing LLC.