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Strip-Till Gaining Momentum in Minnesota

"Strip-till could become the predominant tillage system in Minnesota by 2026..."
By Frank Lessiter posted on October 12, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
Recent field days and ag shows have clearly shown a significant increase in strip-tillage interest among Minnesota growers, maintains Warren Formo. In fact the executive director of the Minnesota Agricultural Resource Center goes so far to predict strip-till could become the predominant tillage system in Minnesota by 2026.
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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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What’s Your Long-Term Equipment Strategy?

Setting strip-till goals & honestly evaluating equipment fleet position farm businesses for financial success.
By Shay Foulk posted on July 5, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
Over the last 5 years, more of the progressive operations that I work with — the high-level, high-management operations — are starting to utilize strip-till as part of their system. Strip-till can play a really important role in the future of production agriculture.
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