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Strip-Tilling Found To Work For Corn-On-Corn Advocates

By Ron Ross posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Strip-tilling ranks high among the ways growers are contending with the challenges of continuous corn.

Fertilizing At Two Depths Benefits Seeds While Building Soil

By Mark Moore posted on August 22, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

This producer modified strip-till equipment to inject fertilizer at and below the seeding depth for crop nutrition and long-term soil improvements.

Strip-Till Sequesters Carbon, Builds Soil Health

May 30, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Mike Petersen, Orthman Manufacturing agronomist

Starting back in first decade of this century, the buzz words of carbon sequestration has appeared in articles and has become frequently discussed with farmers in the USDA's Farm Service Agency and NRCS offices as one of the methods to reduce or offset carbon emissions.

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#Plant24: First-Time Strip-Tiller Overcomes Planter Problem on Day 1

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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