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:

Farmer Shares Playbook for Strip-Tilling in Cover Crops

Manito, Ill., strip-tiller Opey Rowell shares his strip-till strategies in this Prairie Farmer feature. Rowell broadcasts cereal rye in late October. When it’s 2-3 inches tall, he makes strips through the rye with a Schlagel Rapid Till. Then in the spring, he plants soybeans in the strips, and then terminates the cereal rye with his preemergence sprayer pass. “Strip-till lets you farm around the cover crop, so you still get all the cover crop benefits,” Rowell says.

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Something ‘Everybody Should Have’ On Their Planter

Rockwell City, Iowa, strip-tiller and no-tiller James Hepp checks in with a look at one of the key features on his planter in this preview of his 2025 National No-Tillage Conference presentation.

Going Over the Proper Geometry of a Strip-Till Bar

Greg Nielsen, service technician with Environmental Tillage Systems, covers some of the basics to look for when making sure your strip-till rig is ready to roll in the fall or spring.

Strip-Tilling Between 20-Inch Corn Rows

Here’s an interaction on X that caught our eye. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson asked if anyone is strip-tilling between 20-inch corn rows for soybeans in 2025. Peter Harvey raised his hand. He’s using a Yetter toolbar to get the job done in the spring.

Evenly Distributing Fertilizer While Strip-Tilling

Fast forward to the 14:30 mark of this Live to Farm episode to watch Kevin Kalb make spring strips in southern Indiana. Kalb took home first place honors in the NCGA Corn Yield Contest in 2022 with a 360-bushel yield in the strip-till, non-irrigated category.

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