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[Podcast] Breaking Through Yield Barriers with Strip-Till Part 1

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we get some transitional takeaways from a consistently high-yielding strip-tiller on how his recent entry into the practice has broken through new yield barriers and improved nutrient efficiency.
January 7, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we get some transitional takeaways from a consistently high-yielding strip-tiller on how his recent entry into the practice has broken through new yield barriers and improved nutrient efficiency.
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[Podcast] Getting the Strip-Till Puzzle Pieces to Fit Together

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we're joined by Lafayette, Ind., strip-tiller Gary Gangwer, who shares some of his early experiences moving to strip-till and a few lessons learned which shaped his future decision-making.
December 17, 2020 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we're joined by Lafayette, Ind., strip-tiller Gary Gangwer, who shares some of his early experiences moving to strip-till and a few lessons learned which shaped his future decision-making.
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[Podcast] Driving Economic Farm Decisions with a Dollars & Sense Approach

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we share excerpts from our recent conversation with Brian Watkins, a 6th generation strip-tiller from Kenton, Ohio, who applies a dollars and cents mentality to manage his 7,000 acre corn, soybeans and winter wheat and livestock operation.
December 3, 2020 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Agrisolutions, we share excerpts from our recent conversation with Brian Watkins, a 6th generation strip-tiller from Kenton, Ohio, who applies a dollars and cents mentality to manage his 7,000 acre corn, soybeans and winter wheat and livestock operation.
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4 Strip-Till Supporting Principles of Soil Health

Ohio soil scientist, Frank Gibbs, shares his essential strategies for boosting soil health in a strip-till system — from increasing earthworm populations to keeping soil “alive” all year long.
By Ian Gronau posted on November 6, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
Intentionally or not, farmers who’ve taken up strip-tilling have already made a commitment to rebuilding soil health. According to Rawson, Ohio, soil health expert Frank Gibbs, by being a bit more deliberate, strip-tillers can magnify the impact of their conservation efforts in ways that will show up on their bottom line.
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Capitalizing on Cover Crops, Cattle and a Commitment to Soil Health Principles

A combination of strip-till, no-till and a long-term economic strategy for rejuvenating soil biology puts Rock Creek, Minn., farmer Jon Stevens on the path to profitability.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 5, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health
After adopting strip-till as a part of his soil health improvement strategy in 2015, Rock Creek, Minn., farmer Jon Stevens has worked to incorporate cover crops and cattle to bolster productivity on the family’s 700-acre operation.
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Building an Advanced Eco-System with Strip-Till, Cover Crops

Managing an 11,000-acre operation, Kentucky grower Brandon Hunt has created a robust strip-till system with cover crops, but figuring out the details of seeding populations, timing and how wide to make rows of covers was challenging.
By Sarah Hill posted on November 1, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health
In the 2020 cover crop benchmark study conducted by Strip-Till Farmer sister publication, Cover Crop Strategies, the data found that 42% of growers have only used cover crops for 5 years. Brandon Hunt, Herndon, Ky., is one of those newer cover crop adopters.
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