[Video] Banded Systems: Challenging Conventional Strip-Till Wisdom

Chris Perkins built an 8-row toolbar and launched a small-scale strip-till trial in 2017, introducing the concept of strip-till to growers in Southwestern Indiana for the first time. He’s expanded his banded fertilizer system across more than 10,000 custom spring strip-till acres since then, while also becoming a coach to others, including NCGA winners in 2017, 2020 and 2021.

“Chris Perkins has become one of the premier strip-till leaders through a long road of trial and error to complete a true ‘banded’ system for his farm,” says Fred Below, professor of plant physiology at the University of Illinois.

Hear directly from the top strip-till operator in the country, as determined by an independent panel of judges, as Perkins takes the stage as the 2024 Strip-Till Innovator Award recipient. The Otwell, Ind., strip-tiller, who was the highest rated speaker by attendees at the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference, discusses his own unique strip-till journey, lessons learned along the way, and shares new insights about a systems-approach banding program that’s bumped yields on his farm by an additional 60 bushels per acre.

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