Talking with strip-tillers during the early part of 2018, many are making equipment modifications in preparation for the coming cropping season. While planter preparations are top of mind, farmers are also evaluating when, how and where to expand their strip-till operation.
Walking fields with strip-tillers, we’ll often end up in some of their top producing acres, digging our hands into thriving soils checkered with worm holes and covered with decomposing crop residue.
North American farmers are increasingly conscious of their fertilizer application methods — both for the impact on their bottom line and the environment.
I’ve yet to meet a farmer who has attained perfection. Sure, several claim to have solved some of their greatest pain points, whether it’s yield consistency, nutrient application efficiency or precision farming progress.
A foundational element of Elk Point, S.D., Joey Hanson’s strip-till system — trial and error — brings both operational advantages and obstacles to building berms on more than 20,000 acres.
A foundational element of Elk Point, S.D., Joey Hanson’s strip-till system — trial and error — brings both operational advantages and obstacles to building berms on more than 20,000 acres.
As a niche farming practice, strip-till requires an intimate understanding of how different parts of the system correlate to an overall objective, whether it’s increasing yields, improving soil health, targeting fertilizer application — or all three.
Precision farming tools are a part of many strip-tillers’ systems, and while technology often improves efficiency and productivity, it can also pose adoption challenges.
I’ve yet to meet a farmer who has attained perfection. Sure, several claim to have solved some of their greatest pain points, whether it’s yield consistency, nutrient application efficiency or precision farming progress.
We’ve all seen and heard about the widespread devastation caused by the recent hurricanes in the southern U.S. Images and stories covering the immediate impact was startling, but the aftermath is perhaps even more astonishing.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Greg and Janis Thoren share how they’re eliminating insecticides and fungicides on their Leopold Conservation Award-winning operation in Stockton, Ill.
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