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Strip-Tilling This Fall in Dry Soils Can Work

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 13, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

It's always good to get out of the office and talk to strip-tillers and representatives of the ag equipment industry.

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Using Strip-Till To Manage Residue

By Dan Zinkand posted on July 11, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

When I met Jay Petty at a strip-till meeting last June, the Pasco, Wash., farmer was still evaluating strip-till. That evaluation meant working with a salesman at a local Deere dealership, watching fields being strip-tilled and talking with a strip-tiller.

Global Potash Supply Capacity Could Outstrip Demand By 2020

July 10, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Global supplies of potash could outstrip demand by between 59 and 100 per cent by the end of the decade, a research report from Rabobank warns.

Soil Test Determines Best Strip-Till 'P' Placement

June 28, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Gyles Randall, soil scientist, University of Minnesota Extension

Strip-till for corn and soybean production is an alternative to no-till on many poorly drained northern Corn Belt soils because it provides a warmer, tilled seedbed while maintaining substantial amounts of erosion-minimizing plant residue between the tilled strips.

Technology, Flexibility Makes Strip-Till Work

By Dan Zinkand posted on June 21, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Some strip-tillers own toolbars and others hire a custom strip-tiller. But for many years, Atlanta, Ill., farmer Doug Thompson has used a fertilizer dealer's toolbar that is set up for strip-till.

Strip-Till Soybeans Beat No-Tilled In Illinois Study

May 30, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: University of Illinois

Crop yield can be improved by ensuring adequate nutrient availability. But how should you place the fertilizer and what cropping system gives the best yields?

Strip-Tilled Silage Corn Yields More Than No-Till, Zone-Till

May 30, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: The University of Vermont

Strip-tilled corn yielded more than 3 tons per acre than no-tilled and zone-tilled in a 2011 research study by the University of Vermont.

Strip-Tilling Twin-Row Corn: John Obery of Metamora, Ill.

May 7, 2012 | Posted in Equipment

No-tiller John Obery of Metamora, Ill., shares some reasons for twin-row corn, applying nutrients and why he went away from conventional tillage.

Homemade Strip-Till Rig: Roger Wenning of Greensburg, Ind.

May 7, 2012 | Posted in Equipment

Roger Wenning of Greensburg, Ind., shares his strip-till strategy and explains the modifications he made to a dry planter to maximize it for strip-till.

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Classroom Discussion Stirs Idea

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 17, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

During one of the strip-till classroom sessions at the National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis 2 weeks ago, a question came up about placing fertilizer.

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