Learning new practices and using new tools can be intimidating. That’s why the team at Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) goes beyond the sale to ensure owners and operators are not only prepared to defend the land and lead the charge in their fields but have the service, support, and resources needed to feel confident choosing the SoilWarrior® strip-till system for their business. The Building Healthier Soil and Profits with Strip-Till series is brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems.

Strip-tiller Brad Hobelmann discusses how the Laforge DynaTrac has helped him overcome sidehill draft and control the planter to within 1 inch of strips and fertilizer.

Carbon sequestration and carbon markets are the latest buzz in agriculture, and yet carbon is not an inert substance that goes in the ground and just stays there. It’s actually part of the carbon cycle and involves the entire soil microbial community, decomposition and nutrient uptake.

How do you increase yield potential and ROI without increasing inputs? With nitrogen, diesel & weed control chemicals, we farmers are heavily invested in crop performance. But costs are getting out of hand and waste continues to be a problem.

Charles Martin and Andrew Bowman farm near each other outside of Oneida, Ill., in the northwest portion of the state. Both have done on-farm and development research research trials to identify more sustainable farming practices.

The recent shortage and climbing prices of glyphosate and other commonly used weed control products has many growers searching for alternative products and crop protection practices for 2022 and beyond. Get an insider’s perspective on the current supply chain challenges in crop protection and fertilizer, how best to navigate the lack of supply, and tips for making the best weed control and fertilizer decisions in the coming year

What you harvest at the end of the season is dependent on the attention given to the beginning. That starts with a crop fertility plan based on a complete soil analysis, says John Leif, Regional Sales Agronomist for AgroLiquid.

After much experimentation, Ryan Nell is seeing higher yields and more consistent results in his soybean fields. In fact, the Juneau, Wis., strip-tiller has moved his average soybean planting date up by a matter of weeks.