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:
- Building Your Fertility Game Plan for Continuous Corn
- Eighth-Generation Farmer Reflects on 40 Years of Strip-Till, No-Till
- Update on January-Planted Soybeans
- Farmer Shares Why He Ditched Conventional Tillage for Strip-Till
- Weed Database Includes Information on 117 Species
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Building Your Fertility Game Plan for Continuous Corn
Veteran agronomist Ken Ferrie dives into corn-on-corn nutrient management strategies in the latest episode of the Boots in the Field podcast. He also fields questions about a variety of other topics including hybrid selection. “I wouldn’t go back-to-back with the same hybrid you planted in that field last year for this season,” Ferrie says. “I would switch them up. Otherwise, you’ll express the weakness of that hybrid.”
Eighth-Generation Farmer Reflects on 40 Years of Strip-Till, No-Till
Univ. of Illinois senior Drew Martin reflects on his grandfather Jeff’s strip-till origin story and details how the family’s conservation practices have changed over the years in this piece from Farm Progress.
Update on January-Planted Soybeans
Wisconsin strip-tiller Ryan Nell provides an update on his “crazy early” soybeans that he planted on Jan. 31. So far, so good, he says! Nell will share some of his strip-till strategies at the 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City, July 31-Aug. 1.
Jan 31st bean update. Been in the ground exactly 6 weeks. Dug four up and no signs of rotting, actually all four of them were very firm. See how the next couple weeks goes but confidence level is very high right now. @badgerbean @badgercropdoc @bandedagllc pic.twitter.com/12B8PhlmzD
— Ryan R. Nell (@WiBeanBag) March 14, 2025
Farmer Shares Why He Ditched Conventional Tillage for Strip-Till
Luverne, Minn., strip-tiller and cover cropper Shawn Feikema discusses the motivations behind his switch from conventional tillage and how it transformed his family farm on this episode of the It Takes a Co-op podcast.
Weed Database Includes Information on 117 Species
Here’s a new tool that could come in handy this growing season. The AGROSUS Weeds Database is live with information on 117 different species, herbicides and management strategies!
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