Rock Creek, Minn., farmer Jon Stevens kicked off his relentless pursuit for healthy soils a decade ago when he ditched conventional tillage for strip-till. Since then, his “mad scientist” approach to regenerative agriculture has generated a massive following for Maple Grove Farms in the strip-till community and beyond.

Steve Tesarik has built strip-till rigs for a number of configurations, including 15-, 20-, and 30-inch rows as well as twin-row fields. The veteran strip-tiller who farms corn for silage, soybeans and wheat with his son, Alex, in Whitelaw, Wis., takes pride in making modifications with a purpose and understanding not just the how and what of strip-till toolbar setup, but also the why.

Get the inside scoop on the latest strip-till trials at Precision Planting’s Precision Technology Institute (PTI) Farm. In this deep-dive session, PTI Farm Manager Jason Webster shares the 2022 plot results and explains how you can personally apply what his agronomic team has learned from 400-plus acres of research trials.