On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, precision specialist Chad Baker, co-owner of Baker Precision Planter Works in Orangeville, Ill., helps a first-generation no-tiller with planter setup, and later encounters a couple problems with a strip-tiller’s new 24-row planter. Plus, veteran agronomist Brad Forkner checks in with a couple tips for farmers to keep in mind before they take the field.

Strip-Till Farmer paid a visit to 2024 Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient Chris Perkins in Otwell, Ind. In this video, we go behind the scenes with Perkins, as he talks shop with fellow strip-tiller and Montag territory manager Harold Crawford.

2022 Lessiter Media Best Speaker Award recipient Chris Perkins recaps his presentation at the 2023 National Strip-Tillage Conference. The Otwell, Ind., strip-tiller talks about how successful nutrient management for corn production is like a season-long, relay race.

The 10^th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference captured a growing interest in strip-till as over 400 attendees, including 197 first timers, traveled to Bloomington, Ill., for the 3-day event.

At the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Chris Perkins debunks common nutrient management myths with game-changing data from numerous fertility trials. He explains why successful nutrient management for corn production should be viewed as a season-long, relay race.

The long-time proponent of banded fertilizer placement and owner of Banded Ag, a research, consulting and custom application business in Otwell, Ind., introduced his “feed the plant, not the soil approach” in the highest-rated session at the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference.

From practical advice on alleviating compaction to conflicting views on soil health to a former NASA engineer’s new yield-boosting technology, the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference sent attendees home with many new ideas to try on their operations — and a lot to talk about at the coffee shop.

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Indiana strip-tiller and consultant Chris Perkins introduces what to look for in a corn hybrid for strip-till, shares how to develop a plan for success with corn, explains why he doesn’t believe in fall fertilizer and much more.