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:
- Young Farmer Goes from Delivering Pizzas to Strip-Tilling Corn
- Strip-Tillers, Beware of Scams!
- Strip-Till Featured in Booth Bingo at National Farm Machinery Show
- New Study Measures Impact of Tire Pressure on Corn
- Showcasing the Impact of Yetter Devastators
Young Farmer Goes from Delivering Pizzas to Strip-Tilling Corn
Wyandot County, Ohio, strip-tiller Brad Weaver had many jobs, from pizza delivery driver to trucker, before taking over as the owner and operator of Murphy Family Farms. The 34-year-old shares his journey with Ohio Ag Net and discusses his recent switch to strip-till. “We try to strip in the fall,” Weaver says. “It has worked well the couple years doing that with nice dry falls. In the strips, we will variable-rate our P and K. If it doesn’t get fit in the spring, we can plant right on top of that strip, but I like to come back in the spring and add some AMS and some micros in that same strip before we plant on it.”
Photo by: Ohio Farm Bureau
Strip-Tillers, Beware of Scams!
In this video, learn about why it is important to be extra careful when attempting to buy no-till equipment online. Mike Scholten of Scholten Equipment in Washington State explains what happened when they caught someone in the act of pretending to sell one of their tractors for a fraction of the price.
Strip-Till Featured in Booth Bingo at National Farm Machinery Show
In this video from How Farms Work, Ryan Kuster plays a game of booth bingo at the 2024 National Farm Machinery Show. During the video, he uses a bingo machine to randomly select booths to give him a 60-second elevator pitch. Check out the video to see some strip-till, no-till and cover crop products and companies featured.
New Study Measures Impact of Tire Pressure on Corn
Beck’s Practical Farm Research (PFR) compared 4 different tire pressures (12 PSI, 20 PSI, 28 PSI and 35 PSI) on a cornfield. Check out how the corn turned it out in each scenario in this 2-minute recap video.
Showcasing the Impact of Yetter Devastators
On this edition of Talking Shed, Adam Fennig analyzes a side-by-side comparison of devastated cornstalks vs. non-devastated cornstalks. “You can clearly see the difference in breakdown,” Fennig says.
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