Strip-Till Farmer Fall Edition 2023

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Mentee Tops Mentor in Chase for Record-Breaking Yields

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

Motivated by his mentor’s success, Harrell formulated what he calls the perfect plan for chasing high-yielding soybeans, with an assist from his crop consultant and fellow strip-tiller, Caleb Traugh of Blakely, Ga.
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Pros & Cons of Dry & Liquid Fertilizers

Strip-tillers compare fertility plans in Strip-Till Farmer’s email discussion group

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

We posed the following questions to our readers in the Strip-Till Farmer email discussion group: Do you use dry or liquid fertilizer? What are the positives and negatives of each, and do you use carbon-based fertilizers?
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Make $18-29 More Per Acre with Strip-Tilled Corn

Precision Planting’s Precision Technology Institute (PTI) shows strip-tilled corn & soybeans are most profitable practices on the farm

By Julienne Isaacs posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

As a kid, Jason Webster’s father and grandfather taught him how to farm using conventional tillage, but it didn’t always sit right.
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Cover Crops Scavenge Valuable Nutrients in Strip-Till System

Corn Belt strip-tiller says cover crops & strip-till complement each other “very well”

By Noah Newman posted on November 20, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops

Cover crops help keep residue where you left it after a strip-till pass, while also providing benefits like breaking up soil compaction and nutrient cycling — but is adopting them the right call for your operation?
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Top Strip-Till Picks From 2023 Farm Progress Show

Several companies debut new strip-till equipment

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Equipment

Strip-till generated plenty of buzz at the 2023 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. Even longtime no-tillers were interested in learning more about the practice.
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Strip-Till Innovators

2023 Strip-Till Innovators Boost Bottom Line & Soil Health with Twin-Row System

3-person operation maximizes every acre with strip-till, twin-row planting & cover crops

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

Ryan and Melissa Shaw of Marlette, Mich., had their fair share of anxiety when going all in on strip-till in the fall of 2014.
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Strip-Till Hall of Fame Honors Trailblazers, Innovators & Legends

First class includes Richard Follmer, Jim Kinsella & Tony Vyn

By Noah Newman posted on November 27, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

As the strip-till acreage continues to grow, we felt it was time to honor some of the innovators who played a key role in promoting the benefits of this reduced tillage system.
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Bacteria Strain Serves Up Plant-Available Phosphates

Found growing naturally in a phosphorus mine, rhizobacteria are being harnessed to boost phosphorus cycling in corn fields

By Dan Crummett posted on October 27, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When strip-tillers and researchers talk about the benefits of soil microbes populating the root zone of field crops, the conversation generally revolves around more efficient plant use of nitrogen and potential reductions in losses of plant life’s hard-to-hang-onto primary food source.
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Strip-Tiller Addresses Grower Needs with On-Farm Dealership

Mark Muench, a fifth-generation farmer in Ogden, Iowa, uses a method he refers to as ‘hybrid strip-till’ on his farm

By Mackane Vogel posted on October 30, 2023 | Posted in Equipment

In 2009, Mark Muench of Ogden, Iowa, was frustrated about the lack of development for tillage equipment.
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Strip-Till Standpoint

Broadcasting Nutrients Leaves $135,000 on the Table Annually

Positive results from destratified soil leads Illinois farmer-researcher back to strip-till

By Marion Calmer posted on October 30, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

I’m coming up on my 40th year of independent on-farm research. We have silty loam soils, dark in color and poorly drained, but also very productive.
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Featured Articles

Featured Articles

Mentee Tops Mentor in Chase for Record-Breaking Yields

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops, Seeding & Planting

Motivated by his mentor’s success, Harrell formulated what he calls the perfect plan for chasing high-yielding soybeans, with an assist from his crop consultant and fellow strip-tiller, Caleb Traugh of Blakely, Ga.
Read More

Pros & Cons of Dry & Liquid Fertilizers

Strip-tillers compare fertility plans in Strip-Till Farmer’s email discussion group

By Noah Newman posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Nutrient Management

We posed the following questions to our readers in the Strip-Till Farmer email discussion group: Do you use dry or liquid fertilizer? What are the positives and negatives of each, and do you use carbon-based fertilizers?
Read More

Make $18-29 More Per Acre with Strip-Tilled Corn

Precision Planting’s Precision Technology Institute (PTI) shows strip-tilled corn & soybeans are most profitable practices on the farm

By Julienne Isaacs posted on October 23, 2023 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

As a kid, Jason Webster’s father and grandfather taught him how to farm using conventional tillage, but it didn’t always sit right.
Read More
Digital Edition

Digital Edition

Fall 2023 Digital Edition of Strip-Till Farmer

October 20, 2023

Login to view the Fall 2023 issue of Strip-Till Farmer in an interactive, flipbook format.
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