A study by China Agricultural University's Department of Grassland Science and the Edisto Research & Education Center in Blackville, S.C., found that strip-till is the preferred environment for growing corn in the dryland, rain-fed regions in the southeastern Corn Belt.
Using strip-till and placing fertilizers 6 to 8 inches directly below the seed increased corn grain yields on the higher elevations - where severely eroded soils were largely devoid of crop nutrients - by 12% the first year and 26% the second year.
Source: Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy-Iowa State University
Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University, penned this article to help farmers understand the concept of strip-till and how it works.
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