On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller and cover cropper Alex Harrell shares the main takeaway from his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield.

The National Strip-Tillage Conference delivered strip-till, no-till and conservation ag insights to over 350 attendees Aug. 7-9 in Madison, Wis. The event featured 6 general session presentations, 14 interactive roundtable discussions, 15 classroom sessions and several hours of networking in the hallways.

With a world record corn yield of 623 bushels per acre, David Hula discusses his systems approach to strip-till, including hybrid selection, planter setup, nutrient management and weekly tissue testing in his keynote presentation: "600 Bushels & Beyond: Checking the Boxes for Strip-Till Success."

2024 Strip-Till Innovator of the Year Chris Perkins talks about how to build a synergistic strip-till system that directly feeds the crop in an economic and environmentally efficient way in his presentation "Banded Systems: Challenging Conventional Strip-Till Wisdom."

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web.

Marion Calmer explains why vertical stratification is more devastating than horizontal variability, the economic and environmental impacts of surface-applied phosphorus and potassium, and how yields in various tillage systems are impacted by nutrient placement in his lecture, "Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?"

Retired co-owner and president of Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, Leo Johnson, explains critical steps to take when switching to strip-till, what to consider when shopping for a strip-till rig, first-year planting challenges and more in his classroom "What I learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling."