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‘We Strip-Till for Our Soils’

Iowa strip-tiller Pete Bardole experienced a 50 bushel per acre yield bump after adopting strip-till and other soil health practices.

By Katie Pratt posted on October 29, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

For Iowa strip-tiller Peter Bardole, strip-till is how his family operation is ensuring that their farm is around for future generations.

Strip-Tillers Plan for Supply Shortages, Flexible Management in 2023

3 Midwest strip-tillers share their top tips to combat product shortages and make cover crops work in their operations.

By Katie Pratt posted on October 28, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health

Looking ahead to 2023, three Midwest strip-tillers share solutions they’re using to work though issues facing the industry and the environment.

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49 of 58 UK Research Center Buildings Likely Complete Losses After Tornado

Demolition underway at Princeton center and will take 4 months or more..

By Katie Pratt posted on January 7, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Rebuilding is underway at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center in Princeton after it took a direct hit from a tornado in December.

Christian County farmers John and Alexander Young stand in front of the historical marker where Harry Young planted his first commercial crop of no-till corn

Kentucky Takes Center Stage on No-Till’s 60th Anniversary

By Katie Pratt posted on October 21, 2021 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

In 2022, farmers across the United States will come to Louisville, Ky., to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Christian County farmer Harry Young’s first commercial no-till planting during the National No-Tillage Conference.

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Fixing Compaction — Without Full Tillage — in Long-Term No-Till Fields

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Michael Thompson, No-Till Farmer’s 2025 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, shares how he’s alleviating compaction with an AerWay unit in Almena, Kan. Plus, no-tillers exchange ideas and strategies for fighting slugs in soybean fields.

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