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:

Illinois Strip-Tiller Finishes Corn Harvest Before October

Longtime strip-tiller John Werries checks in from west central Illinois, where he says he’s finished with corn harvest before the end of September! How is harvest looking in your neck of the woods?

Cutting Costs this Fall with Strip-Till

Soil health legend Jim Hoorman (and 2025 National No-Tillage Conference speaker) checks in with this article about cutting costs and dealing with dry weather during harvest this fall. “Tillage costs may range from $40-$50 per acre and saving one tillage pass can greatly reduce costs, but also saves labor,” Hoorman says. “Using a strip till machine ahead of the planter, even mounted ahead of the planter, on 30-inch rows for corn, allows the soil to warm up faster and still gives 80% of the benefits of no-till if a 6-inch strip is tilled. Every tillage pass will dry out your soil 0.5-1.0 acre-inch.

Ohio Soybean Council

Why I Started Strip-Tilling

Check out this YouTube short featuring a Nebraska farmer who started strip-tilling after 25 years of no-till. “I have a trash problem. I have a compaction problem. I was searching for perfect emergence and a perfect seed bed but I didn’t want to wreck the 25 years of no-till we’d been doing,” he says.

Cover Crops & 200-Bushel Soybeans

In case you missed it, here’s our sit-down interview with Leesburg, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell and Jonathan Spence of Schlagel Manufacturing. Spence sold Harrell the Schlagel Rapid-Till machine that he used to break the world soybean yield record. Harrell explains how he makes strips through terminated cover crop ground.

Strip-Till 101: Equipment & Spring vs. Fall

Ben Covington, test engineer at Iowa State University, gives a 20-minute crash course on what to consider when getting started with strip-till, including equipment, herbicide plans, fall vs. spring strip-till, residue management and more.

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