Strip-tilling stubborn soils can pose challenges, but also payoff with increased yields. Nickerson, Neb., farmer Brent Willnerd shares a few examples of how turned poorly producing fields into some of the more productive acreage on the farm with a transition to strip-till.

Incorporating cover crops into strip-till has delivered both benefits and challenges during the 8 years Nickerson, Neb., farmer Brent Willnerd has used them on both seed corn and commercial crops. He discusses the transition from aerial seeding to drilling in varieties included cereal rye, radishes and rye.

Making modifications to his nutrient application program, Nickerson, Neb., strip-tiller Kirk Brand breaks down first-year adjustments that led to a 6-bushel per acre increase in corn.