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Strip-Till Highlights: March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web.

Strip-Till Standpoint

A Systems Approach to ‘Greener’ Strip-Till

By Joel Gruver posted on February 6, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Let’s go way back. We’ve been farming for a long time, and we’ve been tilling for a long time. We need to ask ourselves this question — why are we doing what we’re doing?

Locus Agriculture Unveils 6 New Biological In-Furrow & Seed Treatments

February 1, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Locus Agriculture introduced six new biological treatments to its Rhizolizer Duo product line.

How Much Yield Increase to Expect When Applying Phosphorus Fertilizer

January 31, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: C.O.R.N. Newsletter

A few frequent questions about phosphorus (P) fertilizer use are: Does P fertilizer always result in a positive yield response? How much yield increase is expected with applied P? What is the likelihood of yield penalty if P fertilizer is not applied?

Jim Hoorman's 7 Tips for Fall Lime Spreading

October 3, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Ohio's Country Journal

2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference Speaker Jim Hoorman shares his top 7 tips for fall lime spreading.

Beck's: Chopping Corn Head Provides Up to 15-Bushel Yield Advantage

Residue management at the combine is important, and steps you take to promote good residue practices will positively impact next year's planting pass.

September 28, 2023

Whether you are harvesting corn or soybeans, residue management at the combine is important. Any steps you take to better promote good residue practices will positively impact the following season's planting pass and will continue into stand establishment.

Wheat-Soybean Relay Pays Off Years of Effort

Harvesting two crops off the same acres boosts Illinois strip-tiller’s bottom line.

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 11, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Constant innovation in strip-till can be challenging. Clint Robinson of Sullivan, Ill., knows. His first attempt at blending conservation techniques and soil health principles came in 2012, shortly after he moved back to the family farm.

John Deere Offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing For Combines

John Deere is now offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing on 2018 or newer John Deere S700 Series Combines.

January 30, 2023

Source: John Deere

John Deere is now offering HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing on 2018 or newer John Deere S700 Series Combines.

FMC Launches New Adastrio Fungicide Targeting Late-Season Diseases

Fungicide features a new, FMC-exclusive molecule in the SDHI class fluindapyr.

November 10, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

Adastrio fungicide is a foliar fungicide that combines three modes of action and is the first fungicide to use the newest molecule in the SDHI class, fluindapyr.

Input Costs

Uneven Input Prices Likely To Stay, Researcher Says

October 21, 2022

U.S. prices for fertilizer stabilized in June and then declined in July and August, but Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute research associate Ben Brown says it is unlikely they will remain low.

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