Strip-tilling corn and soybeans in Yutan, Neb., Kody Karloff shares how he's leveraged strip-till to create a better seedbed, enhance germination and overcome variable moisture patterns.

Winter is staking its early claim in many parts of the country, and for fall strip-tillers, it’s been a race to get strips built before snow permanently blankets their fields.

James Schoff, strip-tiller from Walnut, Illinois, talks about his first ventures into strip-till and the big differences he sees between strip-till and conventional. The greatest benefits he's seen from fall strip-till are an enhanced, clean seed bed for planting and stronger stand establishment.

Strip-tillers Adam and Gary Ford of Tonica, Illinois, talk about their experiences with strip-tilling. A part of their operation since 1996, strip-till has helped the Fords develop the perfect seedbed and deal with stalks. The Fords also explain the importance of the size of your strip-till bar matching the size of your planter.

Queensland, Australia grain grower, Peter Howlett, uses an Orthman 1tRIPr pre-plant tillage tool, which combines strip till and nutrient placement at two depths in the one pass, prior to planting maize on his farm at Kumbia, west of Kingaroy.

Strip-till industry veteran Mark Seipel isn't bashful in telling people how strongly he believes in the value of strip-tilling corn.

Having 200 farmers, agronomists and other agri-business people at a recent summer field day represents a great turnout in any year, but it may be even more noteworthy this summer. To me, it was heartening to hear that last week's residue management field day sponsored by the Hancock Soil & Water Conservation District in western Illinois drew that many people. It means that despite the drought, people are looking ahead

Corn no-tilled into soybean stubble beat strip-tilled corn-on-corn by an average of 42 bushels per acre under irrigation and dryland conditions in a 2011 study Monsanto conducted at its Learning Center in Gothenburg, Neb.

After no-tilling continuous corn for a year, Palo, Iowa, farmer Jim Keiper started strip-tilling corn to improve the seedbed, crop emergence, stand and yields.