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Fighting Compaction with Strip-Till and a Controlled Traffic System

A move to strip-till by Ray and Dave Delhotal, has helped them better time fertilizer applications and improve soil health on their central Illinois operation
By Ian Gronau posted on January 27, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture
Over the five generations the Delhotal family has farmed in West Brooklyn, Ill., it's been important for them to produce high quality crops while caring for the land in an environmentally sustainable way.
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Adding Cover Crops in Strip-Till

Iowa strip-tiller Frank Moore shares a creative approach to selecting and seeding cover crops to combat erosion on his 2,000 acre farm.
By Ian Gronau posted on January 12, 2015 | Posted in Cover Crops
Frank Moore believes a little trial and error on his farm can go long way, and that led him to switch over to strip-tilling corn and introducing cover crops on his 2,000 acre farm near Cresco in northern Iowa.
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Getting Every Inch Out of Strip-Tilled Soil

To make the most of their sandy topsoil and diverse cropping system, Wisconsin strip-tillers Eric and Megan Wallendal rely on targeted fertilizer applications and soil preservation.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on December 8, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
The phrase "change is constant" is an appropriate one to summarize the ever-evolving strip-till operation at Wallendal Supply in Grand Marsh, Wis.
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What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling

What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling

Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, are planting corn into strips for the first time in southern Wisconsin. Leo and Patrick discuss how their strip-till maiden voyage has gone so far in this preview of Leo’s 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “What I Learned from My First Year Strip-Tilling.” The conference takes place Aug. 8-9 in Madison, Wis. Download the full program and register at StripTillConference.com.
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