Recent field days and ag shows have clearly shown a significant increase in strip-tillage interest among Minnesota growers, maintains Warren Formo. In fact the executive director of the Minnesota Agricultural Resource Center goes so far to predict strip-till could become the predominant tillage system in Minnesota by 2026.

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. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Crystal Green® by Ostara.

Steve Schuster didn’t set out to become a strip-tiller. Strip-till with a SoilWarrior system just happened to provide the solution. The Building Healthier Soil and Profits with Strip-Till series is brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems.

This live panel is a joint presentation of ETS/Soil Warrior and ForGround by Bayer, two leaders in regenerative agriculture and preserving soil health. Experts from ETS and ForGround will lead an in-depth discussion about the benefits of integrating cover crops with strip-tillage, and how both companies support farmers who do. Plus, a farmer with firsthand knowledge of the practices will be on hand to talk about his motivations, challenges and results.

Attendees hoping to see the latest and greatest strip-till equipment did not go home disappointed. Here’s a look at some of the top strip-till innovations we came across this week.

Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell set a new world soybean yield record with an astonishing 206.7997 bushels per acre, topping Randy Dowdy's 2019 yield of 190.23 bushels per acre. Strip-till and cover crops are a crucial piece to his record-breaking formula.

"I wish there was something out there that could magically help us improve our water infiltration. Gosh, if we had that we'd have it made in the shade. We kind of do — it's called strip-till," says Mick Goedeken, agronomist with Orthman by Unverferth.