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:

Hundreds from All Over Attend Strip-Till Conference

Over 350 people were in the house for the 2024 National Strip-Tillage Conference including attendees from Honduras, Ukraine and Australia. Check out this clip from David Hula’s presentation — the corn yield world record-holder takes a question about crop nutrition from Honduras native Renan Pineda.

Strip-Tiller Injects Manure in Narrow Strips

Edgerton, Minn., strip-tiller Mark Vander Poll shares his manure application strategy in this article from The Land. “The beauty part of this is that the manure gets 5-6 inches down,” he said. “Before, when we put the manure on the surface, we’d have covering disks; but that manure would stay on the top a little, so later on in the summer when it gets dry, your nutrients tend to be up near the top vs. getting down deeper where there’s more moisture and the plants can take them in a little easier.”

Mark Vander Pol

Long-Term Strip-Till Booster Honored for Soil Fertility Efforts

Former University of Minnesota soils fertility specialist George Rehm has been posthumously named as the Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) 2024 Distinguished Service Award honoree. Rehm was known for being a skilled educator and a charismatic supporter of no-till and strip-till, says Strip-Till Farmer editor Frank Lessiter in the latest edition of Frankly Speaking.

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Shark Farmer: Leave Comfort Zone to Survive Tough Ag Economy

Rob Sharkey, the Illinois farmer known as the Shark Farmer on social media, says tough times in the ag economy are when he’s made some of his best business decisions. “The reason that I’m farming today is because of the decisions and businesses started in other downtimes,” he says in this TikTok video. “Now, when prices are tough, it’s time to force yourself to look at how you make money.”

@sharkfarmer when a door closes... break the windows #farming #farmtok #johndeere ♬ original sound - Rob Sharkey

Strip-Tilling When It’s Too Wet: What Happens?

East central Minnesota strip-tiller Lance Petersen is taking questions on X (formerly known as Twitter) about strip-till ahead of his appearance on a farmer panel next month. @PhilSwantek says he’s forced to strip-till in the spring, and wants to know what happens when he gets a ton of snow/rain and has to strip-till everything when it’s too wet? Lance says he should break out the strip-till pass into 2 parts for extreme conditions. Read more of his advice or join the conversation in this X thread!

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