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Strip-Till Highlights: May 19, 2026

By Noah Newman posted on May 19, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Local Organizations Boost Strip-Till Education
#Plant26 Yields Unintentional Cover Cropping Experiment
Strip-Till Adoption Trends Measured from Space!
Strip-Tiller Calls Audible Amidst Fertilizer Price Spikes
Frost, Hail & Heavy Rains Create Challenges for Strip-Tillers

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Pay Close Attention to In-Season Nitrogen Timing in Corn Following Cereal Rye

By Dan Quinn posted on April 16, 2026 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Source: Purdue (The Kernel)

Cereal rye establishes and grows very well across many conditions, but this also means it produces quite a bit of carbon, and also takes up quite a bit of nitrogen from the soil without releasing it timely, even when terminated multiple weeks before planting.

Strip-Tiller Shares Big Takeaway from Nitrogen Management Contest

By Tara Desmond posted on January 28, 2026 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: IL Corn

With a cap of 180 pounds of nitrogen per acre, the contest wasn’t about cutting corners, it was about getting the most out of every pound applied.

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - July 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 8, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

In this edition:

Conservation Soil Tillage: Bridging Science and Farmer Expectations-An Overview from Southern to Northern Europe.
Comparison of bacterial communities of agricultural soils subjected to different types of tillage in the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico.
Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Nitrogen Dynamics: Effects of Maize Straw Incorporation Under Contrasting Nitrogen Fertilization Levels

How Extreme Summer Rainfall Can Affect 'N' Management

July 21, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Source: PennState Extension

The severity of nitrogen losses from extreme summer rainfalls, and how you react to them, depends on many factors.

Sharpening In-Season Nitrogen Strategies for 2025

May 19, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Corteva Agriscience

“Ultimately, good nitrogen management is about adapting, both to your field’s characteristics and to the season’s unpredictability,” says Bill Long, Pioneer field agronomist.

Fabian Fernandez: 4 Things I've Learned About Nitrogen Management

By Fabian Fernandez posted on March 28, 2025 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

The University of Minnesota Extension nutrient management specialist takes a few minutes to share four things I have learned over more than a decade of research on nitrogen management for corn in Minnesota.

Management Strategies After Nitrogen Loss Due to Heavy Rainfall

April 10, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: C.O.R.N. Newsletter

After recent heavy rainfalls, runoff, leaching or denitrification can affect the nitrogen (N) levels in no-tillers' soil, but this N loss can be mitigated through good management strategies.

Strip-Till Discussion: Best Nitrogen Management Practices

By Noah Newman posted on January 19, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management

"I just ordered a system with a twin bin dry fertilizer system. I would like to make 1 pass in the fall. Does anyone have a problem with putting on urea in the fall, or are there other ways to apply N that I haven't thought of yet?"

[Podcast] How Strip-Till Boosted My Yields with Robb Ewoldt

Davenport, Iowa, farmer Robb Ewoldt shares results of an unintentional strip-till trial, lessons learned from strip-tilling and more.

January 20, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Robb shares the bushel-per-acre results of his unintentional half strip-tilled/half no-tilled field, other lessons learned over his years of strip-tilling, how he’s incorporating cover crops on some of the 2,000 acres he farms and how he’s teaching his nearby city neighbors about conservation agriculture and soil health.

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Strip-Till Highlights: May 19, 2026

Pay Close Attention to In-Season Nitrogen Timing in Corn Following Cereal Rye

Strip-Tiller Shares Big Takeaway from Nitrogen Management Contest

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - July 2025

How Extreme Summer Rainfall Can Affect 'N' Management

Sharpening In-Season Nitrogen Strategies for 2025

Fabian Fernandez: 4 Things I've Learned About Nitrogen Management

Management Strategies After Nitrogen Loss Due to Heavy Rainfall

Strip-Till Discussion: Best Nitrogen Management Practices

[Podcast] How Strip-Till Boosted My Yields with Robb Ewoldt

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