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:

If Weather Doesn’t Cooperate with Fall Strips, It’s Time for Plan B

Recent rainfall across parts of the Midwest have prevented some farmers from making their fall strips. Veteran agronomist Ken Ferrie addresses how to pivot to a backup plan in the latest Boots in the Field Report. “My advice – if you have a row freshener – is make that your plan B,” Ferrie says. “Make your strips next spring with the freshener a week or two ahead of planting. I’m not a fan of running a strip-till bar with a knife in the spring. And while it works better in the sandier soils than it would in the clays, it tends to create a rough and kind of tough seed bed to plant into.”

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Photo by Lindsey Pound

Making Sense of Biologicals & Micronutrients

Soil health specialist Jim Hoorman discusses some of the key factors to consider when adding biologicals and micronutrients to your nutrient management arsenal in this preview of his upcoming No-Till Conference presentation. There will be plenty of strip-till talk at the conference, which takes place January 7-10 in Louisville, Ky. Head to NoTillConference.com if you’re interested in learning more!

How One Weed-Fighting Technology Could Revive Conservation Ag on the Plains

Instead of looking at technology as a way to cut costs, southwest Kansas farmer Luke Jaeger sees it as a way to do a more effective job at battling intensifying weed pressure.

Strip-Tiller Prevents Erosion with Triticale

Central Illinois strip-tiller John Werries shared this photo on X. He seeded 20 pounds of triticale a day after soybean harvest in late September, applied anhydrous in mid-November and plans to plant into the strips in April. “This flat, black field will not blow,” Werries says. He used a John Deere 1890 air seeder on 10-inch spacing. When asked why he prefers triticale over other cover crop species, Werries says, “Annual ryegrass didn’t overwinter for us. Cereal rye got way out of control one wet spring and even caused trouble at harvest.”

Messing These 3 Things up on Your Planter Will Cost You 17 Bushels Per Acre

What happens when you do a poor job of residue management, downforce management and have improper singulation when planting corn? Jason Webster, National Strip-Tillage Conference Best Speaker Award recipient and Precision Planting PTI Farm Manager, answers the question in the annual “All Wrong” Planter Study.

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