Strip-Till Farmer Spring Edition 2024

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It’s Never Too Late to Start Strip-Tilling

By Noah Newman posted on April 17, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

A couple things jump out when looking at Strip-Till Farmer’s 11th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study demographics. 60% of the 215 growers who participated in the study are 55 years or older.
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Best of Both Worlds: Fall vs. Spring Strip-Till

Corn Belt strip-tillers get creative with soybean planting & fertilizer applications

By Noah Newman posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

John Hanson switched to strip-till a few years ago to save money on fuel and labor costs and increase the moisture-holding capacity of the soils on his 1,600-acre farm in north central Iowa.
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Smashing the 200-Bushel Barrier with Strip-Tilled Soybeans

Young farmer sets new world record for soybean yield with strip-till, cover crops & relentless management throughout growing season

By Noah Newman posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

33-year-old Alex Harrell, who grows corn, soybeans, wheat and watermelons across 3,000 acres in Smithville, Ga., learned a lot from one of his biggest mentors — Randy Dowdy.
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Cover Crops Smother Weeds & Sequester Nutrients in Strip-Till System

Cereal rye sequesters over 270 pounds of N per acre for Corn Belt operation

By Tom Truelove posted on April 11, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Galva, Ill., strip-tiller Brian Corkill began using cover crops on his 1,200-acre corn and soybean operation to help minimize compaction and control erosion in 2012.
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Managing Compaction: New Tire Technology Can Lead to 7% Yield Bump

Very high flexion tires & central tire inflation systems reduce compaction & increase yields significantly, expert says

By Noah Newman posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Equipment, Soil Health

Some amount of compaction is inevitable, even for strip-tillers, but there are ways to minimize it by using new technologies developed by the ag tire industry over the past decade.
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Productivity Meets Conservation with Perennial Groundcovers & Strip-Till

Planted only once, perennial groundcovers offer same benefits as traditional cover crops but require less management

By Charles Martin posted on April 19, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

“A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself”, said Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Dust Bowl era. Strip-tillers are acutely aware of the need to maintain productivity while conserving soil with practices like cover cropping, but finding time to manage cover crops annually can be a big challenge.
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Rotate Herbicides, Application Methods to Minimize Weed Resistance

Diversifying modes of action & experimenting with nozzle pressure, application timing & quantity yield the best weed control results

By Maclaren Krueger posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops

High weed pressure, drought conditions and herbicide resistance have prompted Jeff Wessels to approach weed control differently.
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Strip-Till Standpoint

Building A Productive Strip-Till Formula from Scratch

By Eric Reed posted on April 29, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

I’m a first-generation farmer on the Tennessee/Alabama border. I’ve finished 1st in multiple NCGA yield contests in both states and hold the Alabama dryland record of 316 bushels of corn per acre.
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Featured Articles

Featured Articles

It’s Never Too Late to Start Strip-Tilling

By Noah Newman posted on April 17, 2024 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

A couple things jump out when looking at Strip-Till Farmer’s 11th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study demographics. 60% of the 215 growers who participated in the study are 55 years or older.
Read More

Best of Both Worlds: Fall vs. Spring Strip-Till

Corn Belt strip-tillers get creative with soybean planting & fertilizer applications

By Noah Newman posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

John Hanson switched to strip-till a few years ago to save money on fuel and labor costs and increase the moisture-holding capacity of the soils on his 1,600-acre farm in north central Iowa.
Read More

Smashing the 200-Bushel Barrier with Strip-Tilled Soybeans

Young farmer sets new world record for soybean yield with strip-till, cover crops & relentless management throughout growing season

By Noah Newman posted on April 8, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting

33-year-old Alex Harrell, who grows corn, soybeans, wheat and watermelons across 3,000 acres in Smithville, Ga., learned a lot from one of his biggest mentors — Randy Dowdy.
Read More
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Digital Edition

Spring 2024 Digital Edition of Strip-Till Farmer

April 5, 2024

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