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Strip-Till Highlights: Dec. 16, 2025

By Noah Newman posted on December 16, 2025

This Week's Lineup:

From Strip-Till to Harvest: A Full Look at 2025 Growing Season
Why This Farmer Prefers Fall Strip-Till
Ag Secretary Announces $700 Million Regenerative Ag Program
Farmer Highlights Strip-Till, No-Till at Field Day
The Case for Non-GMO Soybeans

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Clean Your Yield Monitor Data to Avoid Inaccurate Maps

By Deepak Joshi, Logan Simon, Tina Sullivan, and Lucas Haag posted on December 15, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture

Source: K-State Extension

Before implementing variability maps, it is crucial to clean them properly to remove any erroneous data that may be present. There are multiple ways in which data recorded by yield monitoring systems might be less reliable or may contain inaccurate data.

Identifying Herbicide Resistance in Your Fields

By Sarah Lancaster posted on December 12, 2025 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Kansas State Extension

According to the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and Take Action on Weeds (2015), there are three broad indicators of possible herbicide resistance that could be used to evaluate the potential case of resistance:

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - December 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 11, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

In this edition:

Soil health and conservation
In-season temporal variability of soil carbon and nitrogen pools after half a century of a tillage and crop rotation gradient.
Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health.
Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture.
Soil health and disturbance-based classification of farming systems.
Chapter 11. Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon and Conservation Agriculture.
Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Distribution, Soil Biological Characteristics, and Winter Wheat Yields Under Different Tillage Practices in Long-Term Field Experiment.

USDA Pledges $700M for Regenerative Ag Pilot Program

Protecting and improving soil health is critical not only for the future viability of farmland, but to the future success of American farmers, the agency said

By John Dobberstein posted on December 10, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health

Protecting and improving soil health is critical not only for the future viability of farmland, but to the future success of American farmers, the agency said.

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Strip-Till Highlights: Dec. 9, 2025

By Noah Newman posted on December 9, 2025

This Week's Lineup:

Dave Hula Discusses Strip-Till Fertility at Field Day
Strip-Tiller’s Harvest Beats Drought Expectations
The 6 Secrets of 80-Bushel Soybeans
Young Farmer Documents Strip-Till Journey
Thousands Expected for Nebraska Ag Expo

The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems.

Aid Programs

USDA Releases $12B Aid Package for Farmers

By John Dobberstein posted on December 8, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs

President Trump, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. lawmakers and farmers from 8 states were present for the announcement of $12 billion available in one-time bridge payments to farmers.

USDA to Expand Crop Insurance Access for Farmers and Ranchers

December 6, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Final Rule streamlines requirements across multiple crops, responds to producer feedback, and strengthens USDA’s commitment to putting America’s farmers first.

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Conservation Ag Update

Tom Cotter Transforms Cold, Wet Soils with Plant Diversity, Cover Crops & Livestock

By Noah Newman posted on December 5, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Bio Till Cover Crops, Austin, Minn., farmer and Leopold Conservation Award recipient Tom Cotter shares the building blocks of his system.

These 3 Classrooms at the No-Till Conference Will Be EPIC …

By Noah Newman posted on December 5, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Seeding & Planting

In all seriousness, every breakout classroom at the upcoming National No-Tillage Conference (Jan. 6-9 in St. Louis) will be “epic." But as the resident “strip-till and precision guy” in the office, I’ll highlight 3 strip-till/precision related sessions I’m really looking forward to.

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Strip-Till Highlights: Dec. 16, 2025

Clean Your Yield Monitor Data to Avoid Inaccurate Maps

Identifying Herbicide Resistance in Your Fields

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - December 2025

USDA Pledges $700M for Regenerative Ag Pilot Program

Strip-Till Highlights: Dec. 9, 2025

USDA Releases $12B Aid Package for Farmers

USDA to Expand Crop Insurance Access for Farmers and Ranchers

Tom Cotter Transforms Cold, Wet Soils with Plant Diversity, Cover Crops & Livestock

These 3 Classrooms at the No-Till Conference Will Be EPIC …

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