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:
- Start Planning for 2024 Growing Season Now
- Will Consumers Pay a Premium for Conservation Practices?
- Strip-Tilling into Living Cover Crops
- Demo Day: Making Fall Strips with an 8-Row Toolbar
- Where to Place Fertilizer in Your Strip-Till System
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Start Planning for 2024 Growing Season Now
Dekalb agronomist Grant Mehring gives a checklist for strip-tillers to consider while planning for the 2024 growing season. “Right now, it’s a great time to be looking at what are those 1-2 varieties that you don’t want to grow again, and the 1-2 varieties that are maybe older that continue to be really good, safe, and solid hybrids.” Read more in this article from Ag Update.
Will Consumers Pay a Premium for Conservation Practices?
In this episode of The Business of Agriculture Podcast, Dylan Vaca, brand manager with DeLong Company, and Wisconsin farmer Randy Hughes join Damian Mason to discuss the challenge of fetching a premium for environmentally conscious practices, such as cover crops and strip-till.
Strip-Tilling into Living Cover Crops
Speaking of cover crops, Wisconsin strip-tiller Caleb Wolters spends his afternoon making strips through a covered field, as shown in this video on X (formerly known as Twitter).
#striptill in #covercrops today with the @soilwarrior pic.twitter.com/qjLKKOUJlK
— Caleb Wolters (@justfarmin) November 7, 2023
Demo Day: Making Fall Strips with an 8-Row Toolbar
Fennig Equipment conducts a fall demo with an AGuru 8-row toolbar. Adam Fennig gives us an up-close look inside the strips, and talks about how to prep the soil for a successful spring.
Where to Place Fertilizer in Your Strip-Till System
Strip-till fertilizer placement is the main topic on this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn School. Are there “safe rate” recommendations? Where should you place fertilizer in the strips to best protect the seed from injury while optimizing nutrient uptake? These are a few of the questions tackled by Ben Rosser, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs corn lead.
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