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:
- Strip-Till Gives Farmer Winning Edge in Ontario
- Double Crop Trial: Strip-Tilling Soybeans in Late July
- Strip-Till Piques Interest of Australian Farmers
- Half-Dozen Concerns About Future Use of Glyphosate
- A Tour of East Coast Agriculture’s Rich History
Strip-Till Gives Farmer Winning Edge in Ontario
On this classic episode of RealAgriculture Corn School, Bern Tobin pays a visit to Mark Brock’s strip-till operation in Staffa, Ont. Brock explains why his transition to strip-till a decade ago wasn’t a smooth one.
Double Crop Trial: Strip-Tilling Soybeans in Late July
Michael Plumblee, corn and soybean extension specialist and assistant professor of agronomy at Clemson University, shares an update from his double crop trials this summer. The plan is to strip-till soybeans into high moisture (26%) corn residue in late July. We’ll check back in with Plumblee later this summer to see how it goes!
Today was full steam ahead cutting high moisture irrigated corn. We will strip till and plant soybeans into this residue tomorrow. This is the third year of our double crop corn and soybean trials. pic.twitter.com/GImB3HMplE
— Michael Plumblee (@MPlumblee) July 22, 2024
Strip-Till Piques Interest of Australian Farmers
A group of farmers from Australia visited Environmental Tillage Systems headquarters in Fairbault, Minn., to learn more about strip-till and the machinery required to make it work. ETS shared photos from the visit on X.
Even soybean farmers from Australian are interested in #StripTill with a #SoilWarriror. This week a group of Australian Soybean Farmers stopped by the ETS Headquarters to learn more about the SoilWarrior. #SoilHealth pic.twitter.com/Tc3PvYDaxd
— ETS (@soilwarrior) July 23, 2024
Half-Dozen Concerns About Future Use of Glyphosate
“While glyphosate has been the most widely used crop protection chemical in the world for some time, the criticism and regulation of this herbicide continues to be a major concern,” says Strip-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter. Lessiter shares his top concerns for the valuable herbicide and more in the latest installment of Frankly Speaking.
A Tour of East Coast Agriculture’s Rich History
Check out this blog from our sister publication Cover Crop Strategies. Associate editor Mackane Vogel visited farms throughout Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and shares some of key takeaways from a jam-packed agriculture road trip.
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