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4 Big Takeaways from 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference

12th annual conference featured valuable tips & information on soil health, cover crop management, strip-till fertility programs, early planting & more
By Noah Newman posted on October 27, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

The 12th annual conference featured valuable tips & information on soil health, cover crop management, strip-till fertility programs, early planting & more.


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Capturing Strip-Till Success on Tough, Poorly Drained Soils

Farmer solves drainage issues & boosts yields with strip-till on stubborn soils
By Noah Newman posted on October 27, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health, Water Management
Westin Arseneau was ready for a change after another frustratingly wet spring in Iroquois County, Ill., in 2019. Especially when he noticed his neighbors were the only farmers in the area planting corn in May that year.
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Corn’s Response to Fertility Varies Based on Strip-Till Timing

University trial compares effect of tillage methods, fertility placement & fertilizer timing on yield
By Michaela Paukner posted on October 24, 2025 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management
Making intentional decisions about when to strip-till, whether to use a coulter or shank to make strips, and hybrid selection can result in yield differences upward of 10 bushels per acre, according to Jared Fender, senior research specialist at the Univ. of Illinois Crop Physiology Lab.
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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.

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No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.

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