“We’ve been doing high-yield plots for about 6 years now,” Mark Schleisman says. “Every year, we try something new and learn what we can do across all our acres. Some things work and some don’t.”
During each spring and early summer, the chisel plow and strip-till berms consistently had the driest and warmest soil conditions. These were followed by the areas between the strip-till berms and vertical-till. Finally, no-till had the wettest and coolest soil conditions.
The Beck's Hybrids Practical Farm Research (PFR) team put together this video featuring 2-plus hours of planter maintenance tips and insights from their winter clinics throughout the Midwest.
While growers were moving toward no-tilled soybeans in a big way during the 1990s, no-tilled corn acres remained somewhat flat. Many farmers feared problems when they tried to no-till corn into cold, wet ground covered with residue. As a result, strip-till soon emerged as a compromise.
“When strip-till is done right, it makes money, and today’s strip-till equipment has come of age to the point that it will deliver on the agronomic challenges farmers face,” Bill Preller says.
Strip-till consultant Kevin Kimberley explains how to set up your planter for success year-after-year by being willing to adapt to changing soil and environmental conditions
“Normalization of deviation,” says Kevin Kimberley, an Iowa strip-tiller with over 35 years of experience and owner of Kimberley Ag Consulting. “If you keep deviating from what’s normal over and over again, it becomes the new norm.”
A longtime crop consultant and OEM equipment marketer-turned-manufacturer lays out the basics of strip-till ground-engaging tool designs and how to choose the best for your needs.
Bill Preller says knives are most prevalent in areas where strip-till evolved from converted anhydrous ammonia applicators and are more typical in central and northern Corn Belt fields.
The recently launched Strip-Till Farmer email discussion group gives farmers in the strip-till community a chance to connect with each other and exchange ideas. Here are some of the top responses to our question of the week.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we pay a visit to Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle’s farm in Coolidge, Ariz., for an up-close look at how he’s transforming his soils with cover crops and diverse rotations.
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