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A Systems Approach to ‘Greener’ Strip-Till

By Joel Gruver posted on February 6, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Let’s go way back. We’ve been farming for a long time, and we’ve been tilling for a long time. We need to ask ourselves this question — why are we doing what we’re doing?

What I’ve Learned About Fall Strip-Till, Shanks, Nitrogen & Covers

Experienced strip-tillers share lessons learned about fertilizer placement, cover crop seeding methods & equipment adjustments

By Noah Newman posted on February 6, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Larry Tombaugh from Streator, Ill., Paul Dubbels from Fergus Falls, Minn., and Jon Stevens from Rock Creek, Minn., each shared insights about their operation at the 2023 National Strip-Tillage Conference.

How Crop Rotation & Microbial Management Practices Affect Soil Health

Strip-till coupled with the inclusion of year-round living roots can revive previously declining soil organic matter levels.

By Dorothy Stephenson posted on February 20, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Strip-till coupled with the inclusion of year-round living roots can revive previously declining soil organic matter levels.

Study: Cover Crops Reduce Sediment, Phosphorus Loss

December 14, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Source: Science Direct

Cover crops reduce sediment loss and total phosphorus loss from no-till corn and soybean fields, according to a study published in the Journal of Environmental Management.

Building Cover Crop Biomass with Roots, not Shoots

Leveraging a diverse, and dynamic cover cropping program, Quebec strip-tiller Mike Verdonck will discuss his has motivation to build soil health to overcome a short growing season and stubborn soils at the 2020 National Strip-Tillage Conference.

April 23, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops

For Canadian strip-tiller Mike Verdonck, weed pressure, erosion and a reliance on heavy herbicide and fertilizer applications are all symptoms of “sick” soil. The antidote? Reducing tillage, moving to a year-round, multi-species cover cropping system and putting a focus on rebuilding and maintaining soil health.

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Strategic Tillage May Have Place in No-Till Cropping Systems

January 31, 2020 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln CropWatch

According to the University of Nebraska, occasional tillage (OT) in no-till systems may be useful and unlikely to be detrimental if it is well-planned, implemented to target a well-characterized problem such as a weed control or compaction and erosion is controlled.

[Podcast] Saving Your Strip-Tilled Soil with Smart, Simple Strategies

In this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, bought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by University of Minnesota regional extension educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes who details her recent research on quantifying the value of conservation tillage techniques as erosion-reducing tactics, including crop selection and tillage depths.

January 18, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

In this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, bought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by University of Minnesota regional extension educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes who details her recent research on quantifying the value of conservation tillage techniques as erosion-reducing tactics, including crop selection and tillage depths.

[Podcast] A Refreshing Approach to Building the Ideal Berm

This week we're joined by Lowpoint, Illinois farmer, Todd Mooberry, offers some tips and equipment strategies to help minimize erosion concerns on rolling ground, better time fertilizer application and utilize cover crops in strip-till.

January 19, 2018 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Seeding & Planting

This week we're joined by Lowpoint, Illinois farmer, Todd Mooberry, offers some tips and equipment strategies to help minimize erosion concerns on rolling ground, better time fertilizer application and utilize cover crops in strip-till.

Company, Farmers Have Conflicting Takes on How Keystone XL Pipeline Would Affect Land

September 1, 2017 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Omaha World-Herald

This article discusses hearings in Nebraska about the Keystone XL pipeline, including the story of a no-tiller whose fields could be damaged by construction of the pipeline, and we share a No-Till Farmer story about what farmers could potentially do about damages caused by pipelines.

Corn Belt Farmers Managing Weather-Related Risks Through Greater Soil Stewardship

May 4, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

Source: UCS Science Network

The Environmental Working Group, with the Iowa Daily Erosion Project, estimates that millions of acres of Iowa farmland are losing dangerous amounts of soil through wind and water erosion at levels far exceeding the so-called tolerable rate of soil loss (5 tons per acre).

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A Systems Approach to ‘Greener’ Strip-Till

What I’ve Learned About Fall Strip-Till, Shanks, Nitrogen & Covers

How Crop Rotation & Microbial Management Practices Affect Soil Health

Study: Cover Crops Reduce Sediment, Phosphorus Loss

Building Cover Crop Biomass with Roots, not Shoots

Strategic Tillage May Have Place in No-Till Cropping Systems

[Podcast] Saving Your Strip-Tilled Soil with Smart, Simple Strategies

[Podcast] A Refreshing Approach to Building the Ideal Berm

Company, Farmers Have Conflicting Takes on How Keystone XL Pipeline Would Affect Land

Corn Belt Farmers Managing Weather-Related Risks Through Greater Soil Stewardship

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