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Getting Every Inch Out of Strip-Tilled Soil

To make the most of their sandy topsoil and diverse cropping system, Wisconsin strip-tillers Eric and Megan Wallendal rely on targeted fertilizer applications and soil preservation.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on December 8, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
The phrase "change is constant" is an appropriate one to summarize the ever-evolving strip-till operation at Wallendal Supply in Grand Marsh, Wis.
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Video: Diversified Agronomy: Strip-Tiller Joey Hanson From the Field

December 4, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
StripTillFarmer friend Joey Hanson, with Diversified Agronomy in Elk Point, S.D., shared this in-field video with us taking a look at some fresh custom fall strips along with a detailed walk-around of the row unit setup on his strip-till unit and how he monitors variable-rate fertilizer application in the tractor cab.
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Don't Give Your Sidewalls A Lift

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 24, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
Winter is staking its early claim in many parts of the country, and for fall strip-tillers, it’s been a race to get strips built before snow permanently blankets their fields.
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Managing Gully Erosion in Crop Fields

November 20, 2014 | Posted in Soil Health
With the intense rains this past season, some areas of the state had considerable gully erosion cutting up the fields, bounced across and made visible at harvest time, especially in soybeans. Some occurred in hailed out fields where there was no crop canopy to absorb the energy of the falling rain.
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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.
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