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[Video] Spring Madness: Precision Specialist Prepares Strip-Tiller for Planting Season

By Noah Newman posted on April 22, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment

Go behind the scenes with Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., as he hits the road for on-farm visits and pre-season maintenance checkups. Baker helps a first-generation no-tiller work out the kinks in his planter, and later runs into a couple issues with a strip-tiller’s new high-speed, 24-row planter.

[Podcast] Preparing for Spring Planting: An On-Farm Experience

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, editor Jack Zemlicka travelled out to Kent, IL, to talk with strip-till farmer and precision dealership operator Seth Wenzel as he entered the early stage of corn planting.

May 16, 2018 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, editor Jack Zemlicka travelled out to Kent, IL to talk with strip-till farmer and precision dealership operator Seth Wenzel as he entered the early stage of spring planting.

A Refreshing Approach to Prepare for Spring Planting

By Jack Zemlicka posted on April 20, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment

Holiday music is supposed to bring a sense of anticipation and excitement. But not when you hear it on the radio in mid-April as part of a promotion playing off the recent blanket of snow and unseasonably cool temperatures in parts of the U.S.

Addressing the Conundrum of Planting in Cover Crops

April 5, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Source: Matt Reese, Ohio’s Country Journal

Should the cover crop be terminated prior to planting corn and soybeans or after? The standard answer for pretty much all things agricultural applies: it depends.

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Opening the Window of Strip-Till Opportunity

By Jack Zemlicka posted on April 26, 2016 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Spring planting is off to an encouraging start in many areas after a prolonged stretch of wet weather, especially in the Midwest. Last week, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey estimated that about 13% of the state’s corn had been planted.

Two-Pass System Boosting Corn Yields, Soil Health

By John Dobberstein posted on February 28, 2013 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: John Dobberstein

7 years of strip-till is rewarding Ames, Iowa, farmer Dennis Smith with double-digit yield increases in corn, higher soil-organic matter levels, cooler summer soils and more timely spring planting.

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Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?

Independent on-farm researcher Marion Calmer checks in from Alpha, Ill., with a preview of his 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference presentation, “Did Strip-Till Solve My Nutrient Stratification Problems?” Over the last 5 years, Calmer has been examining fertility levels vertically in his soil profile. This inch-by-inch examination uncovered a serious nutrient stratification problem on his farm that was costing him up to $135,000 annually. The No-Till Legend switched back to strip-till in 2023 for the first time since 1995 in an effort to solve his nutrient stratification problems.

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