After years of deep tillage, Josh Sullivan now gets more bang for his buck with nitrogen in 2-inch-deep strips

"The way I found out I could grow continuous corn was by not being afraid to try a new thing and then keep pushing it," says Will Jones, who strip-tills in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. 

“Man, this Strip-Till Section just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year.” That was my first thought as I started flipping through the Farm Progress Show Official Program book while chugging coffee, shortly after arriving at the nation’s largest outdoor farm show.

Jeff Herrold grows corn and soybeans across 3,500 acres, 70% of which are irrigated, near Wanatah, Ind., just 25 miles south of Lake Michigan. 

2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle revives soil and slashes inputs with strip-till and cover crops in "dry country."