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.

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

“You don’t think about tires on your car until there’s a problem. That’s what we think about our product. You don’t think about it until you need it,” says Steve Kertesz, product manager for the Ingersoll Tillage Group, an Agrisolutions brand.

Adam Gittins checks in with a preview of his 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “Most Valuable Precision Technologies for Your Strip-Till Operation.” As a farmer and precision specialist, Gittins understands the true value of cutting-edge technologies, especially for strip-tillers.

We came across some beautiful "views from the office" from strip-tillers across the U.S. Here are some highlights as planting season heats up.

Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checkups. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller work out the kinks in his planter, and later runs into a couple issues with a strip-tiller’s new high-speed, 24-row planter.

Strip-Till Farmer paid a visit to 2024 Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient Chris Perkins in Otwell, Ind. In this video, we go behind the scenes with Perkins, as he talks shop with fellow strip-tiller and Montag territory manager Harold Crawford.

Custom applicators or growers applying their own pesticides can now capture real-time weather conditions at the field or crop site and include this important information in the spray records.

"Balancing savings and effective management of troublesome weed species will be a major challenge with these novel precision application systems," says Rodrigo Werle, associate professor and extension cropping systems weed scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Strip-tiller Robert Boyle checks in from his farm in Coolidge, Ariz., with a preview of his 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “Making Strip-Till Work with Only 7 Inches of Rain.”