Excessive rain and cool temperatures this spring in northern Indiana, had many wondering how no-till and strip-till yields would stack up. The results are in from Purdue University's 41st year of long-term tillage plots near West Lafayette, IN, and they tell an interesting story.

Agricultural officials say strip-tilled crops have fared well in studies in the southwestern U.S. more than 70 ag scientists gathered recently for a field day at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center at Clovis to discuss how sorghum and safflower studies seem to be faring in New Mexico and west Texas.