Luke Koffman grew up on a small dairy farm in Eden, Wis., where conventional tillage was the standard. The third-generation farmer knew there had to be a better way.

"He built a 'strip-till bar just like Dad's,'" says his mom, Katie. "Gotta start them young on strip-tilling!" 

Luverne, Minn., strip-tillers Shawn and Becky Feikema are happy with their corn yields as harvest wraps up, but believe there's room for improvement heading into 2026.