The National Strip-Tillage Conference delivered strip-till, no-till and conservation ag insights to over 350 attendees Aug. 7-9 in Madison, Wis. The event featured 6 general session presentations, 14 interactive roundtable discussions, 15 classroom sessions and several hours of networking in the hallways.

Tar spot has been causing problems in Mexico since the 1910s, but has recently shown up in Midwestern states.

Strip-Till Farmer’s 11th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study, with responses from 215 strip-tillers across the U.S., shows that strip-till yields didn’t take much of a dip in 2023, despite much of the country experiencing dry or drought conditions.

World record-breakers David Hula & Randy Dowdy reveal the keys to strip-till success.

Farming in tight, clay soils in northern Oklahoma where rains can be as fickle as a politician’s promise has made the Schnaithman family confirmed strip-tillers for their corn and soybeans. They’ll be the first to tell you that the Southern Plains are NOT the Corn Belt.

“I’m happy with what I’ve seen so far,” Tyler Troiola says. “The herbicide savings were as advertised on corn. Soybeans were a little trickier, though.”