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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.

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.

[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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Valley Announces $100,000 Grant to Fuel Grower Innovation in Water Management

August 27, 2025 | Posted in Water Management

This grant underscores Valley’s long-standing belief that growers are the most vital resource in agriculture, and that strategic investment in their ideas is the best way to drive progress across the industry.

How Extreme Summer Rainfall Can Affect 'N' Management

July 21, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: PennState Extension

The severity of nitrogen losses from extreme summer rainfalls, and how you react to them, depends on many factors.

Multi-State Trial: How Strip-Till Stacks Up to Other Tillage Systems

By Jodi DeJong-Hughes posted on July 11, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Univ. of Minnesota Extension

During each spring and early summer, the chisel plow and strip-till berms consistently had the driest and warmest soil conditions. These were followed by the areas between the strip-till berms and vertical-till. Finally, no-till had the wettest and coolest soil conditions.

From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for 2025 Strip-Till Innovator

Ray Flickner boosts profitability & water use efficiency with strip-till & subsurface drip irrigation

By Noah Newman posted on June 23, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Water Management

Ray Flickner’s use of cutting-edge technologies and management practices to conserve water and boost soil health — and willingness to put everything under a microscope for all to see — makes him more than worthy of the 2025 Strip-Till Innovator Award.

Your To-Do List if Storms Damaged Irrigation Equipment

By Lyndon Kelley posted on April 10, 2025 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Michigan State University

In the event of storm damage, the following is a list of recommended steps to help work through the claims process and the timely replacement of your farm’s irrigation system, says Michigan State University Extension.

How I Save $768 Per Acre with Strip-Till & Cover Crops

Farmer takes ‘strip-till approach’ to water management with only 7 inches of rain annually, cuts down on equipment passes & inputs

By Noah Newman posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health, Water Management

Robert Boyle is a self-proclaimed strip-till outlier in Coolidge, Ariz., where his 1,200-acre corn, cotton, alfalfa and dairy operation only gets about 7 inches of rain — if he’s lucky — and it often comes over the course of 2-3 storms.

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Strip-Till, Cereal Rye Pay Off for Pumpkin Growers

Historic Flooding No Match for Cereal Rye & Strip-Till

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

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

Valley Announces $100,000 Grant to Fuel Grower Innovation in Water Management

How Extreme Summer Rainfall Can Affect 'N' Management

Multi-State Trial: How Strip-Till Stacks Up to Other Tillage Systems

From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for 2025 Strip-Till Innovator

Your To-Do List if Storms Damaged Irrigation Equipment

How I Save $768 Per Acre with Strip-Till & Cover Crops

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