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[Podcast] All-Star Panel Discusses State of Conservation Ag — Strip-Till, Cover Crops & More

On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), we’re headed to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the Conservation in Action Tour and a special panel discussion about the state of soil conservation.
On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), we’re headed to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the Conservation in Action Tour and a special panel discussion about the state of soil conservation.
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Opening Remarks for 2025 CTIC Conservation in Action Tour

Tony Sunseri, USDA NRCS State Conservationist for South Dakota, opened the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour on May 7, 2025, at Ryan and Christina Larson’s farm in Minnehaha County.
USDA’s Tony Sunseri welcomes guests to the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour at Ryan and Christina Larson’s farm, highlighting the power of local stewardship, innovation, and the future of sustainable agriculture.
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5 Ways to Keep the “Billion-Dollar Bug” from Stealing Corn Yields

“When you approach the rootworm as just a problem that has to be solved, you’re not taking into account the animal’s biology,” Ann Marie Journey says. “You’re hitting it just at certain points or with certain methods or controls, and you’re not allowing yourself in effect to have a conversation to gain insight back from the rootworms about what it is that makes them successful in any given place."
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2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference

Crushing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Cover Crops

Daniel H. Smith, nutrient and pest management program manager for the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, reveals the results and key takeaways from a 6-year study exploring a systems-based approach to weed management using cereal rye in corn-soybean rotations.
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2025 Strip-Till Farmer Benchmark Report

$15.95

The 12th Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study analyzes yields, planting practices & in-season management strategies of hundreds of U.S. strip-tillers. This highly anticipated Strip-Till Farmer 16-page special report provides you with a benchmark to measure your own operation against and some insight about how to improve your own efficiency with some of these practices. 


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2024 Strip-Till Farmer Benchmark Report

$15.95

The 11th Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study analyzes yields, planting practices & in-season management strategies of hundreds of U.S. strip-tillers. This highly anticipated Strip-Till Farmer 16-page special report provides you with a benchmark to measure your own operation against and some insight about how to improve your own efficiency with some of these practices. 

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Cutting Costs, Keep Yields with Stellar Nutrient Management

$15.95

With this 16-page, newly-released Nutrient Management report, you’ll discover how to energize your fertility plans with sugars, how in-season variable rate applications can boost your bottom line and yields, and how to adjust inputs through management zones to achieve 250-bushel average corn & 75-bushel average soybean yields. A must-read!

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Cover Crop Strategies Volume 1

$15.95
The editors of Cover Crop Strategies and No-Till Farmer created this 24-page special report to share ideas on getting covers established, using a roller-crimper for termination, successfully integrating livestock into a cover-crop system and using covers to transition away from an overdependence on herbicides and fertilizers.

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Cover Crop Strategies Volume 4

$15.95

With this 16-page, newly-released edition of Cover Crop Strategies, you’ll discover how many graziers realize profitable returns from using cover as high- quality forage. Read how cover crop rotation paired with a grazing system completes a no-tiller’s holy grail of soil health. You’ll also hear from the late cover crop expert Dave Brandt as he discusses his best practices for getting the most out of cover crops.

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Understanding Soil Fertility for Higher Yields

$15.95

This special report was put together to help farmers understand soil fertility and the connection with crop yields. From Neal Kinsey’s explanation of how to nurture soils so they become a thriving, productive system to the importance of sulfur to identifying nutrient imbalances on real-life soil tests, the topics covered illuminate today’s generally accepted understanding of soil fertility.                     

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Soil Biology Boost Package

$44.85
$29.95
$14.90 (33%)
This special package gives you best practices to ensure a balanced and diverse soil system that promotes maximum yields year after year. Learn dozons of ways to improve the health and diversity of the life under your feet so you can farm with more productivity and profitability View
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Cover Cropping Triple-Play Package

$44.85
$29.95
$14.90 (33%)
This 3-report package offers a trifecta of top-notch reports exploring the most critical cover cropping information you need to know. You'll learn the newest cover cropping options, explained in easy-to-understand terms so you can put them into practice immediately. View
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No-Till Fertility Practices Package

$44.85
$29.95
$14.90 (33%)

This special package gives you 3 reports geared toward helping you zero in on ways to get the best return on your investment. Learn how and when to apply what your crops need, ways to incorporate micronutrients to increase yields and the latest advice and evidence from leading researchers and no-tillers. Valued at $44.85.

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Taking the Stress Out of Strip-Tilled Corn to Improve Yields - Jerry Hatfield - NSTC 2016 - MP3 Download

$19.95

Keeping plants healthy throughout the growing season is critical to a successful corn crop. But understanding and satisfying early season nutrient needs can help strip-tillers set the stage for a bumper crop. Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has done extensive research on the interactions within the soil-plant-atmosphere spectrum and their connection to air, water and soil quality. Hatfield will discuss recent research that looks at the correlation between early-season nutrient applications on plant health in strip-tilled corn and its impact on yields.

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EVENTS

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[Webinar] Understanding Soil Health – Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

3/13/19 10:00 am CDT
In this webinar, sponsored by AgroLiquid, Dr. Zouheir Massri will help you understand soil health as its related to soil functionality and where we need to go to take soil health to the next level. Read More

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Strip-Till Farmer delivers a mix of features on strip-till farmers, strip-till management topics and trending practices in strip-till. This FREE quarterly print newsletter is available to qualified subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. 
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