In a recent meeting of San Joaquin Valley NRCS and Resource Conservation Districts leaders held at the Wool Growers’ Restaurant in Los Banos, Calif., the 2017 Conservation Agriculture Farmer Innovator Award was presented to Chowchilla, Calif. farmer, Michael McRee.

Soil health is rooted in a comprehensive farm management strategy. Knowing how to utilize natural soil heal stimulants to maximize crop production is an objective of Aaron Hird, Nebraska's NRCS state soil health specialist. Hird shares soil health principals promoted by the NRCS including the use of dual purpose cover crops for grazing as well as other opportunities to enhance a strip-till system.

Understanding the value of delivering diverse, yet targeted content to accommodate the mobility of today’s farmer, Strip-Till Farmer announces the launch of its webinar series.

Strip-tilled fields aren’t designed to win beauty contests, and a picturesque plot of land isn’t nearly as valuable as the benefits of a well-structured system.

Aaron Wickstrom shares his strategies and solutions to improving moisture retention and nutrient uptake in sandy soils with strip-till on his 1,000-acre cropping operation in Hilmar, Calif.

Operating a diverse cropping and dairy operation, Coolidge, Ariz., farmer Robert Boyle shares his systematic approach to cycling nutrients using manure produced by his cows to build soil health and increase yields.

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Thurston Mfg., we welcome Illinois farmer Cade Bushnell to share his method for not only managing heavy corn residue, but putting it to work as part of a systematic approach to developing a productive strip-till system.