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Strip-Till Highlights: Jan. 2, 2024

January 2, 2024
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.
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5 Efficiency Enhancing Tips for Strip-Till Nutrient Management

Nebraska strip-tiller, Brian Herbek, shares how he’s been able to extract 30% more bushels-per-acre out of each pound of applied nitrogen.
By Ian Gronau posted on December 27, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health
When it comes to nutrient management, Deweese, Neb., farmer Brian Herbek lives by the 4R philosophy. As a fifth-generation farmer on a dryland and irrigated 1,900-acre corn and soybean operation, he’s focused on slowly evolving his practices over the years to become more efficient.
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Strip-Till Highlights: Dec. 26, 2023

December 26, 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 Mixmate by Praxidyn.
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Strip-Till, Cover Crops Could Help Prevent Nutrient Runoff Due to Extreme Rainfall

December 26, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
Source: Phys.Org
Nutrient runoff from agricultural production is a significant source of water pollution in the U.S., and climate change that produces extreme weather events is likely to exacerbate the problem. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at how extreme rainfall impacts runoff and suggests possible mitigation strategies.
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Tips for Winter Manure Applications

December 21, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management
Source: University of Nebraska: CropWatch
Unfortunately, “perfect manure application weather” is rare and seldom lasts as long as you need it to. So, if you’re heading into winter with a manure storage that hasn’t been pumped down as much as it needs to be, consider these tips when planning for application.
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#Plant24 Update: Weather Delays No-Till Planting in Some States

#Plant24 Update: Weather Delays No-Till Planting in Some States

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, find out how several no-tillers are handling a wet month across parts of the Corn Belt. Central Illinois no-tiller Dave Brown is patiently waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate before he can finish up planting several hundred acres, while Wisconsin no-tiller Tyler Troiola deals with a tractor glitch and a 2-inch rain event in one day.

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