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Are You Delaying Corn Harvest to Cut Down on Drying Costs?

By Noah Newman posted on October 26, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops

With harvest season in full swing, we asked our audience — Given the low corn prices, are you leaving corn in the field longer to dry so your drying costs aren’t as high? If so, are you going to plant covers crops later or just skip them?

Manufacturers Share Optimistic Outlook at World Dairy Expo

By Noah Newman posted on October 25, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting

We had boots on the ground at the World Dairy Expo earlier this month in Madison, Wis. There was a lot of buzz from people there that 2026 is going to be a bounce back year for ag.

Historic Flooding No Match for Cereal Rye & Strip-Till

By Noah Newman posted on October 20, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

Back in August, we covered a historic storm that dumped a foot of rain on the Milwaukee area in less than a day. Basse’s Farms in Colgate, Wis., was right in the middle of it.

Video of the Week: Banding vs. Broadcasting at PTI Farm

By Noah Newman posted on September 26, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

In the Conservation Ag Update Video of the Week, Jason Webster of the Precision Planting PTI Research Farm, explains why banding fertilizer has proven to be more efficient than broadcasting.

No-Tiller, Strip-Tiller Builds Combine Attachment for Heavy Residue

By Noah Newman posted on September 24, 2025 | Posted in Equipment

Noah Newman paid a visit to Tanner Schoff, a young farmer who no-tills and strip-tills in Walnut, Ill. Tanner was struggling with heavy residue in his system. So, he invented a combine attachment called the Sharp Harvest Rezidue Reaper to cut through stalks.

Video of the Week: Gary Zimmer’s Words of Advice

August 13, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

The great Gary Zimmer shares some words of advice for farmers during the closing seconds of his Strip-Till Conference presentation.

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Strip-Till Innovator Ray Flickner Provides #Plant25 Update

June 2, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Let’s head out to Moundridge, Kan., now where 2025 Strip-Till Innovator Ray Flickner shows us how his corn’s holding up in dry conditions.

Environmental Tillage Systems Launches New Cover Crop Applicator

By Noah Newman posted on March 24, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Seeding & Planting

The ETS Cover Crop Applicator can be used while making strips and applying fertilizer with the SoilWarrior. Sean Arthur shows us how it works.

Video of the Week: Strip-Tiller Plants Soybeans in January!

By Noah Newman posted on February 24, 2025 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Beaver Dam, Wis., strip-tiller Ryan Nell likes to plant his soybeans super early. He’s always pushing the envelope, but this year he took it to another level, planting some beans on January 31st!

"Father of Biological Farming" Talks Cover Crops at National Strip-Tillage Conference

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 18, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

At the 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Madison, Wis., I had a chance to catch up with Gary Zimmer, also known as the father of biological farming, who was attending the conference in hopes of learning more about how strip-till can fit into his biological farming practices.

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‘No Insecticides, No Fungicides’ for Longtime No-Tiller

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Greg and Janis Thoren share how they’re eliminating insecticides and fungicides on their Leopold Conservation Award-winning operation in Stockton, Ill.

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