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:

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Virginia Farmers Compare Strip-Till to Conventional Tillage

Strip-till is getting some run in the great state of Virginia. Southeast FarmPress highlights some of the top takeaways from a study comparing strip-till to conventional tillage in peanuts. “What we saw in the conventional tillage, with and without the oats, is cover crops didn’t make a difference in terms of weed control,” says Hunter Frame of the Tidewater Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, Va. “But when we had the oats in a strip-till system, we had significantly higher weed control during the early season when that cover crop was planted.”

Equipment in Action Ahead of Strip-Till Conference

Big announcement this week — Iowa State University Extension is hosting a strip-till field day ahead of the National Strip-Tillage Conference this summer. Here’s a quick preview of what to expect at this year’s conference, which kicks off July 31 in Iowa City!

Hula & Dowdy Share Fertility Strategies

Record-breaking strip-tillers David Hula and Randy Dowdy check in with some new high-yielding insights and ways to boost fertilizer ROI in this article from Farm Journal. “Placement of fertilizer is a big deal,” Dowdy says. “Ask yourself, when we place that fertilizer, how long is it going to last? What’s the corn going to tap into when it’s determining the number of rows around, or when it’s determining ear size?”

Farmer Discusses His First Experience with Spring Strip-Till

Garrett Wagner of Wagner Family Farms in northwest Iowa gives us a peek behind the curtain as he makes strips in the spring with a Kuhn Krause Gladiator for the first time.

Building Resilient Soil with Strip-Till

With an incredible CO2 Burst Score of 511.51, Josh Nelson showcases the power of soil biology in building long-term resilience during this Continuum Ag webinar. Farming in northern Wright County, Iowa, Josh uses strip-till and no-till, diverse cover crop blends and manure applications to take his operation to the next level.

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