Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:
- Turning to Strip-Till on the Shores of Lake Erie
- Modifying a Dry Planter to Maximize Strip-Till Production
- Anxiety Growing Over Drought Risk in Corn Belt
- Strip-Tiller Conserves Water with Cover Crops Between Rows
- Minnesota Farmer Achieves Soil Health Goals with Strip-Till & Cover Crops
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Turning to Strip-Till on the Shores of Lake Erie
Port Rowan, Ont., farmer Dan Petker switched to strip-till for erosion control, profitable corn production, time management and more efficient fertilizer application. “Typically, I would need somebody to go spread fertilizer, and we’d have to work that in and then come plant, and I just didn’t have enough labor. So, we condensed two of the operations of tillage and fertilizer broadcasts into one,” Petker explains in this episode of Profitable Practices.
Modifying a Dry Planter to Maximize Strip-Till Production
We’re diving into the YouTube archives for this one — Roger Wenning of Greensburg, Ind., shares his strip-till strategy and highlights his homemade strip-till rig.
Anxiety Growing Over Drought Risk in Corn Belt
WPTA out of Fort Wayne, Ind., visits with multi-generational farmer Jace Geiger to see how his operation is handling dry conditions in the Hoosier State.
Strip-Tiller Conserves Water with Cover Crops Between Rows
Cover crops are helping strip-tiller Woody Van Arkel conserve water on his Dresden, Ontario farm, he says in this Tweet. Van Arkel’s data shows that the soil on his cover cropped strip-till fields is significantly cooler than his conventionally tilled fields.
Cover crops between the rows may save me some water this year. Even a thin layer of cereal rye helps
— Woody Van Arkel(@woody_VA) June 2, 2023
1) corn striptill with covers =36°C
2) no till corn =47°C
3) bean with rolled C rye =44°C
4) conventional til corn =51°C
All fields were similar soils with in 500 ft pic.twitter.com/dtCLqWUPr9
Minnesota Farmer Achieves Soil Health Goals with Strip-Till & Cover Crops
Strip-tiller Tom Finnegan recently shared some lessons learned over the years at the Land Stewardship Project workshop in Bellechester, Minn. “What I learned is that I don’t like a lot of anhydrous ammonia,” Finnegan says. “What I learned is that I don’t like a lot of deep fall tillage. I wanted to extend my grazing season and reduce my cow costs.” Read more about his journey in this Agri-View feature.
Photo by: LeeAnne Bulman/For Agri-View
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