Just because strip-tillers got fields stripped in the fall doesn't necessarily mean everything is fine now, says Kevin Kimberley, owner of Kimberley Ag Consulting, Maxwell, Iowa.
Compared to conventional tillage, Floyd, Iowa, strip-tiller Jon Gisleson says his best cornfields perform about the same with strip-till, while his poorer fields yield better.
Strip-tilled soybeans yielded 2 bushels more per acre vs. no-tilled at the highest fertility rate and plant population in a Texas A&M University onfarm trial.
Strip-tillers may increase corn yields by precisely planting seed near, but not directly on top of strip-tilled fertilized rows, according to a 3-year research study conducted by Kansas State University.
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