Strip-till coupled with the inclusion of year-round living roots can revive previously declining soil organic matter levels.

According to the University of Nebraska, occasional tillage (OT) in no-till systems may be useful and unlikely to be detrimental if it is well-planned, implemented to target a well-characterized problem such as a weed control or compaction and erosion is controlled.

This week we're joined by Lowpoint, Illinois farmer, Todd Mooberry, offers some tips and equipment strategies to help minimize erosion concerns on rolling ground, better time fertilizer application and utilize cover crops in strip-till.

In spring 2015, Jim Kucera's Ashland, Neb., farm had been deluged with heavy rains. The same was true for many Nebraska farmers faced with delayed planting, severe ponding and in some cases, replanting. Kucera certainly felt the pinch, but he says it's not nearly as bad as it would have been if he didn't switch to strip-till on his 700 acres of corn and 600 acres of soybeans about 5 years ago.