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Covering All Bases with the National Strip-Tillage Conference

By Noah Newman posted on March 21, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

Spring has arrived and there’s plenty to be excited about as always: Opening Day (go Guardians), March Madness (sadly, none of my teams made the tournament), planting season (I can’t wait to visit some of your farms this spring) and the release of the 12^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference program.
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3 Strip-Till Tips, Observations & Insights

Strip-till veterans, researchers & agronomists weigh in with lessons learned from the field

By Noah Newman posted on April 4, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Here at Strip-Till Farmer, there are plenty of insights gleaned. I dug through some recent notes and came across the following 3 tips, observations and insights, to give you something to think about before hopping in the cab this spring.
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David Hula Shares Keys to High Strip-Till Yields

Record-breaking formula consists of balanced nutrition & on-farm experimentation

By Noah Newman posted on April 14, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Charles City, Va., strip-tiller David Hula recently captured his 13th NCGA High Yield Contest title with a 490-bushel yield in the strip-till irrigated class — nothing new for the third-generation farmer, who remains the only one to break the 600-bushel mark (2019, 2021 and 2023).
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8 Steps to Long-Term Strip-Till Success

Alan Madison’s checklist includes cereal rye, high-rate strips, in-season chlorophyll testing & early harvests

By Noah Newman posted on April 10, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Take one look at Alan Madison’s office wall — covered with high-yield contest plaques, awards and honors — and you can immediately tell he’s been on the cutting edge of conservation ag for quite some time.
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Shining a Light on Better Corn, Soybean Management

Beck’s Practical Farm Research puts equipment, planting practices & crop protection products to the test at multiple sites

By John Dobberstein posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Each year, Atlanta, Ind.-based Beck’s Hybrids puts out one of the most comprehensive books on ag research centered around the company’s Practical Farm Research (PFR) program.

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Conquering Compaction: Why 4 Weeks Without Living Roots is Too Long

Maintaining & fostering soil aggregation is vital to farming soils capable of protecting themselves from management-induced compaction

By Dan Crummett posted on April 8, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Soil Health

Brian Dougherty says growers combatting compaction in their fields should realize they have bigger problems than merely compressed soil, and compaction is a symptom of poor soil function.

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5 New Strip-Till Tools for 2025

Equipment manufacturers showcase latest innovations at winter shows

By Noah Newman posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment

The Strip-Till Farmer crew had boots on the ground at multiple shows over the winter, including the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., and Commodity Classic 2025 in Denver, Colo.

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How I Save $768 Per Acre with Strip-Till & Cover Crops

Farmer takes ‘strip-till approach’ to water management with only 7 inches of rain annually, cuts down on equipment passes & inputs

By Noah Newman posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health, Water Management

Robert Boyle is a self-proclaimed strip-till outlier in Coolidge, Ariz., where his 1,200-acre corn, cotton, alfalfa and dairy operation only gets about 7 inches of rain — if he’s lucky — and it often comes over the course of 2-3 storms.
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New Tech Measures Cover Crop Biomass, Weed Fighting Potential

Collaborative study of ‘structure-from-motion’ has shown accurate assessments of cereal rye stands can be made using inexpensive GoPro cameras & sophisticated computer analysis

By Dan Crummett posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

Research into accurately estimating total biomass of standing cover crops from a moving tractor may eventually spawn new ways for strip-tillers to save money on planting rates and herbicide use in row crops.

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Strip-Till Standpoint

Piecing Together the Strip-Till Puzzle

By Pete Youngblut posted on April 7, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Precision Agriculture

I first got involved with precision ag in college after growing up on a row crop farm in east central Iowa. I spent 5 years working as a software support specialist with Ag Leader, where I learned a lot about the industry, but decided a desk job just wasn’t for me.

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Featured Articles

Featured Articles

Covering All Bases with the National Strip-Tillage Conference

By Noah Newman posted on March 21, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Soil Health

Spring has arrived and there’s plenty to be excited about as always: Opening Day (go Guardians), March Madness (sadly, none of my teams made the tournament), planting season (I can’t wait to visit some of your farms this spring) and the release of the 12^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference program.
Read More

3 Strip-Till Tips, Observations & Insights

Strip-till veterans, researchers & agronomists weigh in with lessons learned from the field

By Noah Newman posted on April 4, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

Here at Strip-Till Farmer, there are plenty of insights gleaned. I dug through some recent notes and came across the following 3 tips, observations and insights, to give you something to think about before hopping in the cab this spring.
Read More

David Hula Shares Keys to High Strip-Till Yields

Record-breaking formula consists of balanced nutrition & on-farm experimentation

By Noah Newman posted on April 14, 2025 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Charles City, Va., strip-tiller David Hula recently captured his 13th NCGA High Yield Contest title with a 490-bushel yield in the strip-till irrigated class — nothing new for the third-generation farmer, who remains the only one to break the 600-bushel mark (2019, 2021 and 2023).
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Digital Edition

Digital Edition

Spring 2025 Digital Edition of Strip-Till Farmer

April 4, 2025

Login to view the Spring 2025 issue of Strip-Till Farmer in an interactive, flipbook format.
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Online Extras
Online Extras
Online Extras: Spring 2025 Issue

April 7, 2025

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:
Checking the Boxes for Strip-Till Success
Strip-Till Farmer Multimedia
Strip-Till Farmer’s Best of the Web

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