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Mike Petersen

Mike Petersen has been researching successful strip-tillage practices for over 35 years. The independent consultant and former NRCS soil scientist based in Greeley, Colo., says strip-till is a cornerstone of the conservation tillage movement.

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Learning from the Past to Move Strip-Till Forward

With benefits that include the precision placement of nutrients, strip-till practices established in the 1970s are being pushed to greater degrees of success today.
By Mike Petersen posted on August 15, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management
"As a soil scientist, I really started as a 5-year-old digging underneath the ash trees on our farm, looking to see what was going on underneath the soil. When I completed the work I did for Bayer Crop Sciences in 2022, I finished 1,820 soil pits in my life. I think I have a pretty good idea of what goes on underneath the ground," Mike Petersen says.
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