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Multi-Tasking Vertical Tillage Tools an Asset for Strip-Tillers

Reader survey reveals how the implements are ubiquitous on many farms as growers resolve a variety of challenges

By Dan Crummett posted on October 24, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

Results of a recent Conservation Tillage Guide survey of vertical tillage users show many growers vouch for the practice and believe it’s a useful tool on their farm. Many indicated residue management was a top goal for using the implements, followed by cover crop seeding and fertilizer or manure incorporation.

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Solving the Residue ‘Rubik’s Cube’ with Custom-Built Attachments

Cover crop seeder for strip-till bar & residue management tool for combine deliver ROI for young farmer

By Noah Newman posted on October 24, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Tanner Schoff tapped into his passion for building things and started working on a solution that would solve his residue Rubik’s Cube.

Strip-Till, Cereal Rye Pay Off for Pumpkin Growers

New system helps crop survive & thrive after historic 2025 rain event

By Noah Newman posted on October 24, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Water Management

The Basses’ switch to the new system couldn’t have come at a better time. Just a few weeks after planting pumpkins into the strips, a “1,000-year” rain event dumped a foot of rain on their farm in less than a day.

Penn State Weed Specialist Shares Fall Burndown & Cover Crop Tips

By Dwight Lingenfelter posted on October 21, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Source: PennState Extension

"Killing marestail in the fall is usually easier since the seedlings and rosettes are small and more susceptible to herbicides. Once weeds like marestail get through the winter, their rosettes start to bolt upwards in the spring, making them much more difficult to control," says Dwight Lingenfelter.

Historic Flooding No Match for Cereal Rye & Strip-Till

By Noah Newman posted on October 20, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

Back in August, we covered a historic storm that dumped a foot of rain on the Milwaukee area in less than a day. Basse’s Farms in Colgate, Wis., was right in the middle of it.

Some Strip-Tillers Delay Corn Harvest to Cut Down Drying Costs

By Noah Newman posted on October 16, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops

With low corn prices, are you leaving corn in the field longer to dry so your drying costs aren’t as high? How will this affect your cover crop strategies? Are you going to plant cover crops late or skip them?

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - October 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 October 11, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

In this edition:

Can the global drone revolution make agriculture more sustainable? Rapid growth in drone use is upending expectations but also inducing trade-offs.
Tillage and residue management modulate the links between soil physical signatures and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomarkers.
Mapping the conceptual and intellectual structure of soil health research (1996–2021): a terms co-occurrence and co-cited reference network analysis.
Suggestions for promoting SOC storage within the carbon farming framework: Analyzing the INFOSOLO database.

[Podcast] Strip-Till, Covers Help Basse’s Farms Overcome Historic Flooding

On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we’re headed to Basse’s Farms in Colgate, Wis., for Pumpkin Fest 2025!

By Noah Newman posted on October 10, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Water Management

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we’re headed to Basse’s Farms in Colgate, Wis., for Pumpkin Fest 2025!

National No-Tillage Conference Program Jam-Packed with Practical, Profit-Building Ideas

From planter performance to precision farming to regenerative agriculture, learn from the brightest minds in agriculture during the 34th annual event in St. Louis in January.

By Strip-Till Farmer Staff posted on October 10, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management

Whether growers are just looking to tweak their no-till operation or planning for big changes, there will be something for nearly everyone at the 33^rd annual National No-Tillage Conference that kicks off in January. The full program has been released for the 2025 conference, which is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 in at the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Ky.

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[Video] Strip-Till, Cover Crops Pay Off for Pumpkin Growers After Historic Storms

By Noah Newman posted on October 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Strip-Till Farmer pays a visit to Basse's Farms in Colgate, Wis., for a look at how strip-till and cover crops are proving to be a winning combination for the pumpkin growers.

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Multi-Tasking Vertical Tillage Tools an Asset for Strip-Tillers

Solving the Residue ‘Rubik’s Cube’ with Custom-Built Attachments

Strip-Till, Cereal Rye Pay Off for Pumpkin Growers

Penn State Weed Specialist Shares Fall Burndown & Cover Crop Tips

Historic Flooding No Match for Cereal Rye & Strip-Till

Some Strip-Tillers Delay Corn Harvest to Cut Down Drying Costs

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

[Podcast] Strip-Till, Covers Help Basse’s Farms Overcome Historic Flooding

National No-Tillage Conference Program Jam-Packed with Practical, Profit-Building Ideas

[Video] Strip-Till, Cover Crops Pay Off for Pumpkin Growers After Historic Storms

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