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Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study

Strip-Tilled Corn Acres, Soybean Yields Increase

The overall average of strip-tilled acres per farm grew by nearly 200, while average corn yields topped 190 and soybean yields jumped 4 bushels.
For the second year in a row, farmers increased the average number of acres they strip-tilled, despite a minor dip in the percentage of farm acreage strip-tilled.
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2016 Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study

Diversity of Methods Produce Strip-Till Stability and Flexibility

Increased adoption of cover crops and variable-rate fertilizing help strip-tillers maintain corn yields and increase soybean yields in 2015.
Building confidence in a strip-till system can come through a variety of avenues — utilizing cover crops to strengthen soils, refreshing fall-built strips with a spring pass to create an ideal seedbed, or variable-rate applying fertilizer with a strip-till rig for more efficient placement and usage of nutrients.
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Starting Out In Strip-Till

Evening Out Emergence with a Strip-Till System

With 3,200 acres of hilly farmland susceptible to erosion, Yutan, Neb., farmer Kody Karloff’s transition to strip-till has helped create a flexible planting window and more consistent early-season crop health.
With 3,200 acres of hilly farmland susceptible to erosion, Yutan, Neb., farmer Kody Karloff’s transition to strip-till has helped create a flexible planting window and more consistent early-season crop health.
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