Articles by Dan Zinkand

Strip-Tillers Exploring Cover Crops In France

By Dan Zinkand posted on May 30, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Victor Leforestier

I read an article in Strip-Till Strategies in February in which Iowa strip-tiller and no-tiller Gordon Wassenaar said he planned to start using cover crops to provide more protection for his soil.

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Passion For Learning Connects Strip-Tillers World Wide

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

When someone in Europe wanted to know about conservation tillage some months ago, I turned to a number of people, including Dean Carstens, co-owner of Twin Diamond Industries in Minden, Neb. His company makes "Strip Cat" machines for strip-tillers.

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Strip-Tiller: 'I Am Not Going Back To Tillage'

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

At first, Michigan farmer Jim Millett liked using the Rawson zone system for planting corn, but he found the weather didn't always cooperate. When strip-till machines became available in the late 1990s, Millett and his father demoed two strip-till rigs before choosing a Progressive machine.

No-Tilling Cover Crops With Liquid Manure Applications

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops

Manure-slurry seeding of cover crops produces an excellent stand and saves time and money, a Michigan State University expert says.

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Strip-Till Fertilizer Practices

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When Victor Leforestier of the European Union asked about fertilizer strategies for strip-tillers in the U.S., Thurston Manufacturing Co. chief marketing officer Nick Jensen shared his perspectives.

Strip-Till's Nutrient Banding Can Protect Water Quality

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

In addition to agronomic reasons for strip-tillers to band fertilizer, there are environmental ones, too, says Wayne, Ohio, strip-tiller Travis Harrison.

Monitoring Soil Warmup In Strip-Till Provides Clues To Yields

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Using a soil thermometer that also collects and stores temperatures can help strip-tillers learn invaluable information, says Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota Extension crops adviser.

Corn Yields Jump For Nebraska Strip-Tiller

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Seeding & Planting

Strip-tilling has increased dryland corn yields 30 to 45 bushels per acre for Scott Darling of Pender, Neb., since he started strip-tilling about 4 years ago.

Strip-Tilling Warms Soil, Improves Corn Emergence

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment, Seeding & Planting

After 9 years of using the Rawson 3-coulter zone-till system to plant corn, Jim Millett and his father, Joe, of Bailey, Mich., switched to strip-till in 1997 and have stuck with the system ever since.

No-Till Planter Tune-Up Tips

By Dan Zinkand posted on April 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment

With the planting season less than 2 months away, it's time to make sure planters are in tip-top shape.

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