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Fertilizer Tweaks Bring Strip-Till Success

Veteran strip-tiller Larry Tombaugh chases 300-bushel corn and 70-bushel soybeans with his extensive trial-and-error experiments with fertilizer applications.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on March 7, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management
Streator, Ill., strip-tiller Larry Tombaugh has enjoyed his share of rewards that come with the risk of experimenting with fertilizer application.
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Taming Wheat Residue, Targeting Fertility With Strip-Till

Strip-till helps Ontario’s Ken and Kevin Nixon manage heavy wheat stubble and efficiently band phosphorus and potassium in fall.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on February 7, 2014 | Posted in Nutrient Management
The unpredictable climate often provides enough moisture to maintain a healthy crop throughout the growing season, but also challenges the Nixons to plan accordingly with fertility and residue-management strategies so they can be ready to plant in a timely manner.
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Best Of Both Worlds

Using cover crops with strip-tillage helps growers improve the crop-row environment, build soil organic matter and protect fields from erosion
By Dan Zinkand posted on January 14, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops
Using cover crops with strip-tillage helps growers improve the crop-row environment, build soil organic matter and protect fields from erosion
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Pioneer Demonstrates New Field360 Select Software

December 23, 2013 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture
Nathan Paul, services application manager with DuPont Pioneer, gives a demonstration of the capabilities of Pioneer's Field360 Select application. Field360, released earlier in 2013, is a subscription-based service that gathers a variety of data types and makes that data easily available through the internet on desktop and mobile devices.
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Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?

Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?

Independent on-farm researcher Marion Calmer checks in from Alpha, Ill., with a preview of his 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?” Over the last 5 years, Calmer has been examining fertility levels vertically in his soil profile. This inch-by-inch examination uncovered a serious nutrient stratification problem on his farm that was costing him up to $135,000 annually. The No-Till Legend switched back to strip-till in 2023 for the first time since 1995 in an effort to solve his nutrient stratification problems.

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