Sixteen commercial corn hybrids representing five seed brands were evaluated across ten tillage and fertility combinations.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Jared Fender, senior research specialist at the Univ. of Illinois Crop Physiology Lab, shares new insights from the first full year of a massive strip-till trial. 

Making intentional decisions about when to strip-till, whether to use a coulter or shank to make strips, and hybrid selection can result in yield differences upward of 10 bushels per acre, according to Jared Fender, senior research specialist at the Univ. of Illinois Crop Physiology Lab.

This Week's Lineup:

• Empowering Your Strip-Tilled Soils to Produce More
• The Hidden Costs of Extra Tillage Passes
• Why Strip-Till is the Future of Farming
• Illinois Announces Grant for Strip-Till Practices
• Check Out Koenig Equipment’s Harvest Playlist!

From “modified” root type to “outstanding root” to “horizontal root architecture,” seed guides are full of descriptions of roots. But determining what those descriptions mean, let alone how the corn hybrid will perform with strip-till, isn’t obvious.

This Week's Lineup:

• Farmer Tackles Massive Rebuild of Strip-Till Bar
• Univ. of Illinois Researcher Discusses Strip-Till Timing & Placement
• Strip-Tilling into Living Mulch Pays Off for Atlas Farm
• Strip-Till in Spotlight at Husker Harvest Days
• How Robots Can Help Strip-Tillers Grow More with Less

The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment.

Be among the first to see the full results from a groundbreaking strip-till trial led by the Univ. of Illinois Crop Physiology Lab. Jared Fender shares new insights on fertilizer timing, tillage methods, hybrid performance and more — all aimed at helping you fine-tune your strip-till strategy for 2025.

This Week's Lineup:

• What’s Your Opinion on Row Cleaners with Strip-Till?
• Sneak Peek at Massive Strip-Till Trial
• Multi-State Trial: Strip-Till (Shanks & Coulters) vs. Chisel Plow vs. Vertical-Till
• Farmers Need to work WITH Mother Nature, Not Against Her
• Biggest Questions About Strip-Till Conference

Spring has arrived and there’s plenty to be excited about as always: Opening Day (go Guardians), March Madness (sadly, none of my teams made the tournament), planting season (I can’t wait to visit some of your farms this spring) and the release of the 12^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference program.

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web.