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What Caught Your Eye in 2019?

From exploring organic strip-till as an economic boon, to implementing soil health-building practices, the last year saw some innovative advancements by strip-tillers.
By Michelle Drewek posted on January 30, 2020 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Seeding & Planting
At the end of every calendar year, we gather a list of the top-performing digital content from www.StripTillFarmer.com. We boiled our year down to these 7 items, which have been the most popular among our audience.
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Cautions & Considerations for Experimenting with 60-Inch Row Corn

[Podcast] Cautions & Considerations for Experimenting with 60-Inch Row Corn

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by researcher Bob Recker shares how turning off every other row on your planter and doubling per row populations can create an accommodating environment for corn and cover crops.
January 16, 2020 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by researcher Bob Recker shares how turning off every other row on your planter and doubling per row populations can create an accommodating environment for corn and cover crops.
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Strip-till field

[Podcast] An Economic Entry Point to Strip-Till Success

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by northwest Illinois strip-tiller Seth Wenzel, who shares top takeaways for starting out in strip-till and experience-based examples for how he’s been able to add bushels to the bin by budgeting for change.
January 2, 2020 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by northwest Illinois strip-tiller Seth Wenzel, who shares top takeaways for starting out in strip-till and experience-based examples for how he’s been able to add bushels to the bin by budgeting for change.
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Strip-Till with SoilWarrior Helps David Hula Set New Corn Yield World Record

December 17, 2019 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Seeding & Planting
David Hula is no stranger to breaking yield records. The Virginia farmer has topped the NCGA National Corn Yield Contest five times since 2003 in the strip, min, mulch, ridge-till irrigated category. The previous world record of 542 bushels per acre, set by Hula in 2017, has been shattered by his 2019 yield of 616.1953 on ground he strip-tills with the SoilWarrior.
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Tom Cotter Seeding

[Podcast] Drawing Motivation & Management Tips from Cover Crop Mistakes

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by strip-tiller and no-tiller Tom Cotter who chronicles his successes — and missteps — with incorporating a compatible cover cropping strategy into strip-till and no-till environments.
November 14, 2019 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by strip-tiller and no-tiller Tom Cotter who chronicles his successes — and missteps — with incorporating a compatible cover cropping strategy into strip-till and no-till environments.
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Bottens

[Podcast] Putting Soil Health Principles to Work in Your Strip-Till Practice

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by Cambridge, Ill., farmer Monte Bottens who shares the structure of the starting out in strip-till program he launched, along with proven tips and tools for achieving early returns on the system.
October 31, 2019 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Soil Health
In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by Cambridge, Ill., farmer Monte Bottens who shares the structure of the starting out in strip-till program he launched, along with proven tips and tools for achieving early returns on the system.
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