Strip-Till Farmer StripTillFarmer.com is the best source for Strip-till practices and equipment. Find the latest tips, techniques and resources to grow your strip-tillage practice whether you're an experienced strip-tiller or completely new to the practice. https://www.striptillfarmer.com/rss/articles Tips & Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Strip-Till Equipment In this equipment-focused session, Mooberry covers the ins and outs of strip fresheners and details why farmers don’t need a “high-dollar setup” to get started with strip-till. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6708-tips-and-tricks-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-strip-till-equipment http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6708 No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026.]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6716-no-tiller-plants-entire-corn-crop-with-driverless-tractor http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6716 NRCS Promises Farmers Will See Modernized Approach NRCS Chief Colton L. Buckley told No-Till Farmer he is prioritizing field staff to improve field engagement and technical expertise. NRCS Chief Colton L. Buckley told No-Till Farmer he is prioritizing field staff to improve field engagement and technical expertise.

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6718-nrcs-promises-farmers-will-see-modernized-approach http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6718 Strip-Till Cropping & Business Insights Each week our editors will bring you data from our 2025 Strip-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Survey. Continue reading and check back weekly for the next set of valuable data. 2025 Strip-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Survey. Continue reading and check back weekly for the next set of valuable data.]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6073-strip-till-cropping-and-business-insights http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6073 My Strip-Till Journey: Lessons Learned from the Field & the Mind After more than 30 years in strip-till, Dean Sponheim has seen the wins, setbacks and hard lessons learned that only time can teach. After more than 30 years in strip-till, Dean Sponheim has seen the wins, setbacks and hard lessons learned that only time can teach.

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6707-my-strip-till-journey-lessons-learned-from-the-field-and-the-mind http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6707 Compeer Financial Collaborates with PepsiCo to Provide Strip-Till Equipment Financing Compeer Financial is teaming up with PepsiCo and other industry partners to offer a pilot leasing program for strip-till equipment, helping offset upfront financial costs for farmers implementing soil conservation practices on their farms. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6714-compeer-financial-collaborates-with-pepsico-to-provide-strip-till-equipment-financing http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6714 Rovensa Next to Distribute Novonesis’ Biosolutions for Plant Health in the United States Novonesis and Rovensa Next today announced a distribution agreement under which Rovensa Next will commercialize select Novonesis agricultural biosolutions in the United States, beginning with the 2027 growing season. Novonesis and Rovensa Next today announced a distribution agreement under which Rovensa Next will commercialize select Novonesis agricultural biosolutions in the United States, beginning with the 2027 growing season. 

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6717-rovensa-next-to-distribute-novonesis-biosolutions-for-plant-health-in-the-united-states http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6717 Feeding & Weeding Your Strip-Tilled Crops As input costs rise, it’s more important than ever to efficiently fertilize your crops and reduce weed competition. As input costs rise, it’s more important than ever to efficiently fertilize your crops and reduce weed competition.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:46 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6706-feeding-and-weeding-your-strip-tilled-crops http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6706 [Video] Capturing Strip-Till Success With Less Than 7 Inches of Rain Hop in the cab with 2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle, as he explains how he adopts a strip-till mindset when it comes to water conservation in dry Coolidge, Ariz. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6690-video-capturing-strip-till-success-with-less-than-7-inches-of-rain http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6690 Ducks Unlimited Honors The Mosaic Company with Corporate Conservation Achievement Award Ducks Unlimited (DU) is proud to announce The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems (The Mosaic Company Foundation) as the 2025 joint recipients of the DU Corporate Conservation Achievement Award, honoring their exceptional commitment to conservation in North America. Ducks Unlimited (DU) is proud to announce The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems (The Mosaic Company Foundation) as the 2025 joint recipients of the DU Corporate Conservation Achievement Award, honoring their exceptional commitment to conservation in North America.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6712-ducks-unlimited-honors-the-mosaic-company-with-corporate-conservation-achievement-award http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6712 Should You Apply More Sulfur if Your Nitrogen Rate Increases? This Univ. of Minnesota Extension blog addresses a common question for growers: If you crank up your nitrogen application rates, do you need to scale up your sulfur rates in tandem? This Univ. of Minnesota Extension blog addresses a common question for growers: If you crank up your nitrogen application rates, do you need to scale up your sulfur rates in tandem?

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6705-should-you-apply-more-sulfur-if-your-nitrogen-rate-increases http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6705 Strip-Till Highlights: June 9, 2025 This Week's Lineup: Breaking Down the Challenges with Strip-Till Farmers Share #Plant26 Updates from the Field Innovator Talks Strip-Till, Smart Tech & Cover Crops Strip-Till Corn on Corn Looks “Better Than Expected” for North Dakota Farmer Nebraska Farmers Facing Challenging Growing Season Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment. This Week's Lineup:

  • Breaking Down the Challenges with Strip-Till
  • Farmers Share #Plant26 Updates from the Field
  • Innovator Talks Strip-Till, Smart Tech & Cover Crops
  • Strip-Till Corn on Corn Looks “Better Than Expected” for North Dakota Farmer
  • Nebraska Farmers Facing Challenging Growing Season

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]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:00:50 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6702-strip-till-highlights-june-9-2025 http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6702 What If a No-Tiller Wrote the Farm Bill An innovative approach that offers major Farm Bill conservation and environmental benefits is really built around tripling the current no-till acreage. An innovative approach that offers major Farm Bill conservation and environmental benefits is really built around tripling the current no-till acreage.

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/blogs/1-covering-strip-till/post/6709-what-if-a-no-tiller-wrote-the-farm-bill http://www.striptillfarmer.com/blogs/1/post/6709 360 Yield Center Splits Into Two Brands: 360 RAIN for Adaptive Application, 360 YIELD for Retrofit Equipment After more than a decade of agricultural innovation, 360 Yield Center announced today a strategic brand restructuring that establishes two distinct divisional brands: 360 RAIN, focused on adaptive application, and 360 YIELD, focused on retrofit equipment upgrades. After more than a decade of agricultural innovation, 360 Yield Center announced today a strategic brand restructuring that establishes two distinct divisional brands: 360 RAIN, focused on adaptive application, and 360 YIELD, focused on retrofit equipment upgrades.

]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6704-360-yield-center-splits-into-two-brands-360-rain-for-adaptive-application-360-yield-for-retrofit-equipment http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6704 [Video] Managing a Strip-Till Operation with ‘High Tech’ & ‘Low Tech’ Methods In this video, 2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle shows how he uses both “high tech” and “low tech” methods to manage his mixed fleet, inputs and data in his Coolidge, Ariz., strip-till operation. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6689-video-managing-a-strip-till-operation-with-high-tech-and-low-tech-methods http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6689 Free Tool Helps Growers See Impact of Regenerative Practices on Drought Resilience As drought risk intensifies across U.S. farmland, the Soil Health Institute (SHI) has launched a new, science-based tool to help farmers and advisors understand how soil health management can improve water availability and crop resilience. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6700-free-tool-helps-growers-see-impact-of-regenerative-practices-on-drought-resilience http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6700 [Video] Conservation a Top Priority for 2026 Strip-Till Innovator We head inside the office of 2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle in Coolidge, Ariz. Boyle details the Conservation Farmer Award he received from all the conservation districts in the state and explains why conservation is always at the forefront in his strip-till operation. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6687-video-conservation-a-top-priority-for-2026-strip-till-innovator http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6687 Higher Diesel Prices, Higher Custom Rates Earlier this year, 205 custom operators and farm managers in Iowa responded to the annual Iowa farm custom rate survey that is coordinated by Iowa State University ag economists. Earlier this year, 205 custom operators and farm managers in Iowa responded to the annual Iowa farm custom rate survey that is coordinated by Iowa State University ag economists.

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6701-higher-diesel-prices-higher-custom-rates http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6701 Strip-Till Strategies for Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency Jeff Herrold and his brother farm 3,500 acres near Wanatah, Ind., just 25 miles south of Lake Michigan. They grow corn and soybeans, including some seed corn and some organic corn and soybeans, on sandy and sandy loam soils. They irrigate 70% of their acres. Jeff Herrold and his brother farm 3,500 acres near Wanatah, Ind., just 25 miles south of Lake Michigan. They grow corn and soybeans, including some seed corn and some organic corn and soybeans, on sandy and sandy loam soils. They irrigate 70% of their acres.

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:01:29 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6688-strip-till-strategies-for-increasing-nutrient-use-efficiency http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6688 Combine Headers Product Roundup 2026 Check out the latest combine header innovations from some of the industry's leading suppliers. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6684-combine-headers-product-roundup-2026 http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6684 [Video] Action-Packed Strip-Till Field: Corn, Triticale, Cover Crops, Twins Rows & Autonomy 2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle gives us the rundown on one of his more complex strip-tilled fields in Coolidge, Ariz. Boyle harvested triticale, oats, peas, vetch, clovers and kale for silage in mid-February, then strip-tilled corn into it. 2026 Strip-Till Innovator Robert Boyle gives us the rundown on one of his more complex strip-tilled fields in Coolidge, Ariz. Boyle harvested triticale, oats, peas, vetch, clovers and kale for silage in mid-February, then strip-tilled corn into it.]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6686-video-action-packed-strip-till-field-corn-triticale-cover-crops-twins-rows-and-autonomy http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6686 Strip-Till Highlights: June 2, 2026 This Week's Lineup: Illinois Strip-Tiller Dials in “Non-Traditional” Fertility Program Making Planting Easier with a Strip Freshener 52-Year Study Shows Difference Between No-Till, Strip-Till Continuous Corn Strip-Till Innovator Showcases Newest Strip-Till Unit Dealers in Canada Start Rolling Out New Strip-Till Unit Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment. This Week's Lineup:

  • Illinois Strip-Tiller Dials in “Non-Traditional” Fertility Program
  • Making Planting Easier with a Strip Freshener
  • 52-Year Study Shows Difference Between No-Till, Strip-Till Continuous Corn
  • Strip-Till Innovator Showcases Newest Strip-Till Unit
  • Dealers in Canada Start Rolling Out New Strip-Till Unit

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]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6682-strip-till-highlights-june-2-2026 http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6682 Top 10 Strip-Till Stories in May 2026 In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from other farmers in the past month, May 2026. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6681-top-10-strip-till-stories-in-may-2026 http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6681 White, Purple, Yellow, Silver, Green: Explaining the Many Colors of Early Season Corn This article highlights several of the most common color differences observed in young corn plants, explains the underlying causes behind these symptoms, and discusses their potential implications for early-season corn growth and development. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6683-white-purple-yellow-silver-green-explaining-the-many-colors-of-early-season-corn http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6683 Breaking Down the Double Crop Options After Wheat Double-cropping after wheat harvest can be a high-risk venture for grain crops. The remaining growing season is relatively short. Hot and/or dry conditions in July and August may cause problems with germination, emergence, seed set, or grain fill. Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6679-breaking-down-the-double-crop-options-after-wheat http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6679 Cover Crops, Strip-Till Spark Desert Soil Revival 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. 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.]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6678-cover-crops-strip-till-spark-desert-soil-revival http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6678 WinField Launches AI Tool Oz The AI-powered tool helps make near-instant agronomic recommendations, and new updates to its BioVerified designation, a vetted list of biological products that meet a set of criteria developed by WinField United research and agronomy teams. The AI-powered tool helps make near-instant agronomic recommendations, and new updates to its BioVerified designation, a vetted list of biological products that meet a set of criteria developed by WinField United research and agronomy teams.

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6680-winfield-launches-ai-tool-oz http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6680 Strip-Till & Cover Crops Bring Soil Back to Life in Dry Country “For the first shovel out of the ground to find an earthworm, that’s just unheard of in Arizona,” Robert Boyle says. Managing editor Noah Newman shares more observations from his visit with the Strip-Till Innovator in Coolidge, Ariz. “For the first shovel out of the ground to find an earthworm, that’s just unheard of in Arizona,” Robert Boyle says. Managing editor Noah Newman shares more observations from his visit with the Strip-Till Innovator in Coolidge, Ariz.

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/blogs/1-covering-strip-till/post/6676-strip-till-and-cover-crops-bring-soil-back-to-life-in-dry-country http://www.striptillfarmer.com/blogs/1/post/6676 Crop Plantings/Emergence Trends Point to Still Large Crop USDA weekly Crop Progress report shows 86% of corn planted (flat year/year, (+3% vs. recent average) and 60% emerged (-5% year/year, +2% vs. recent average). USDA weekly Crop Progress report shows 86% of corn planted (flat year/year, (+3% vs. recent average) and 60% emerged (-5% year/year, +2% vs. recent average).

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6677-ag-quick-take-crop-plantings-emergence-trends-point-to-still-large-crop http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6677 NRCS Announces $65 Million for Conservation Innovation Grants USDA today announced the availability of $65 million this year for new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Wed, 27 May 2026 13:08:22 -0400 https://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6675-nrcs-announces-65-million-for-conservation-innovation-grants http://www.striptillfarmer.com/articles/6675