In this episode from the archives of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Lake Mills, Iowa farmer Ben Pederson talks about the challenges of getting started in strip-till, positioning the value of strip-till and much more.

2021 Strip-Till Innovator Award winner Ben Pederson explains how he is gaining efficiency and improving performance of his Soil Warrior strip-till rig by adapting it for controlled traffic and seeding cover crops while fertilizing.

Understanding the "why" of a strip-till system, is as important as the "how." Ben Pederson shares some of the strategic steps he's taking to embrace regenerative ag practices which intersect with a deep-rooted passion for progressive farming methods and the need to capitalize on emerging opportunities including organic.

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we're joined by Ben Pederson, a strip-tiller from Lake Mills, Iowa, to chat about his holistic approach to strip-till and why farmers should be thinking outside of the box to keep their operations on a pathway to profitability.

Ben Pederson, farmer and precision equipment dealer and Ty Fickenscher share their different journey into strip-tillage.

After years of field cultivation and disc ripping on his family's corn and soybean operation, Ben Pederson believed he was improving soil tilth. But visual indicators on his farm near Lake Mills, Iowa, began to leave him less convinced that full-width tillage was worthwhile.