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Strip-Tiller Improves Yields By Paying Attention To Details

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Using manure, evaluating fertilizer programs and working closely with agri-businesses are keys to growing above-average yields and improving profits for Oskaloosa, Iowa, strip-tiller Michael Vos.

Strip-Till Whenever Mother Nature Lets You

Veteran strip-tiller Jerry Baysinger shares how he makes the system work in the fall, winter and spring.

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Nutrient Management

When you ask Nebraska strip-tiller Jerry Baysinger whether he makes strips and applies fertilizer in the fall or spring, be prepared for some unusual answers.

Growers Offer Best Spring Strip-Tilling Tips

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

More growers are seeing major benefits by strip-tilling in the spring, citing cropping flexibility, slashed fertilizer costs, reduced winter erosion and the ability to deal with changing weather conditions.

Answers To 17 Strip-Till Questions

By Pete Hill posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Common questions about strip-till get answered by veteran conservation tillage agronomist Pete Hill.

Strip-Till Leaves Conventional Tillage In The Dust

By Ron Perszewski posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

In side-by-side comparisons, Monsanto test sites show clear-cut advantages for strip-till and no-till tillage, including greater profits.

How Much Starter Can I Use On My Corn?

August 13, 2012 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

Source: Daniel Kaiser, Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, University of Minnesota

Seemingly unpredictable weather conditions each spring inevitably bring up questions on placement of fertilizer with the seed.

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Strip-Tilling This Fall in Dry Soils Can Work

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 13, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

It's always good to get out of the office and talk to strip-tillers and representatives of the ag equipment industry.

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Using Strip-Till To Manage Residue

By Dan Zinkand posted on July 11, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

When I met Jay Petty at a strip-till meeting last June, the Pasco, Wash., farmer was still evaluating strip-till. That evaluation meant working with a salesman at a local Deere dealership, watching fields being strip-tilled and talking with a strip-tiller.

Global Potash Supply Capacity Could Outstrip Demand By 2020

July 10, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Global supplies of potash could outstrip demand by between 59 and 100 per cent by the end of the decade, a research report from Rabobank warns.

Soil Test Determines Best Strip-Till 'P' Placement

June 28, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Gyles Randall, soil scientist, University of Minnesota Extension

Strip-till for corn and soybean production is an alternative to no-till on many poorly drained northern Corn Belt soils because it provides a warmer, tilled seedbed while maintaining substantial amounts of erosion-minimizing plant residue between the tilled strips.

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