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Add Flexibility to Your Operation with Strip-Till

Illinois farmer Rock Katschnig enjoys a variety of benefits from strip-till, including flexibility in an expensive fertilizer market and better planting conditions year after year.
By Michaela Paukner posted on August 21, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Nutrient Management
In the 9 years since Illinois farmer Rock Katschnig first started strip-tilling, he’s seen improvements and benefits in every area of his operation — from yield increases to healthier soil to valuable time savings.
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Strip-Till Highlights: Aug. 15, 2023

August 15, 2023
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.
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Learning from the Past to Move Strip-Till Forward

With benefits that include the precision placement of nutrients, strip-till practices established in the 1970s are being pushed to greater degrees of success today.
By Mike Petersen posted on August 15, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management
"As a soil scientist, I really started as a 5-year-old digging underneath the ash trees on our farm, looking to see what was going on underneath the soil. When I completed the work I did for Bayer Crop Sciences in 2022, I finished 1,820 soil pits in my life. I think I have a pretty good idea of what goes on underneath the ground," Mike Petersen says.
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How Heat Stress Affects Corn

August 14, 2023 | Posted in Water Management

Heat stress is defined as the rise in temperature beyond a threshold level for a period of time sufficient to cause irreversible damage to plant growth and development. Multiple statistical studies have shown negative correlations between average seasonal temperature and corn yield.


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[Video] What No-Tillers Should Know About Strip-Till

August 10, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

No-Till Farmer's 2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage of West Union, Iowa, hosted a LIVE webinar broadcast from the main stage at the National Strip-Tillage Conference in Bloomington, Ill. Steinlage was joined by 2023 Strip-Till Innovators Ryan and Melissa Shaw, along with strip-till expert Kevin Kimberley.


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Strip-Till Highlights: Aug. 8, 2023

August 8, 2023
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.
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