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April 9, 2018
Rapp Farms, operated by James and his sons Nick, and Ben, farm 3,000 acres of corn and soybeans in the Princeton, Ill., area. They are going into their fifth year of strip-tilling both crops on fairly flat and rather consistent soil types in the north-central part of the state.
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Spreading out the Strip-Till Workload to Maximize Productivity

Princeton Ill., strip-tiller Jim Rapp capitalizes on the benefits of both fall and spring strip-tillage with a flexible approach and timed fertilizer applications.
By Ian Gronau posted on July 21, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Farming in Princeton, Ill., with his sons, Nick and Ben, Jim Rapp re-adopted strip-tilling about 4 years ago, after a brief trial in the 1990s prior to the development and widespread adoption of GPS navigation.
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Wandering Swath Width Syndrome

Yield Monitoring Errors

October 10, 2014 | Posted in Precision Agriculture
Source: Purdue University Extension, R.L. (Bob) Nielsen
While we often focus on the importance of yield monitor calibration relative to logging accurate yield estimates during grain harvest (Luck & Fulton, 2014), there are other yield monitor settings that can inadvertently influence yield estimates.
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Twin-Row Strip-Till Attracts Farmers

Strip-twinning helps farmers increase in-row spacing between corn plants, exposes corn to more sunlight and can increase yields.
By Dan Zinkand posted on February 28, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
Argyle, Iowa, grower Brian Klemme began twin-row strip-tilling corn in the spring of 2009 because he wanted to increase plant populations and spacing within rows and, hopefully, increase yields.
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Strip-Till Becoming A More Robust, Successful System

By Dan Zinkand posted on August 23, 2012 | Posted in Equipment
The increasing amount of strip-till equipment on the market, along with RTK and new options for spring strip-till, are making it easier for farmers to start and continue strip-tilling successfully, says Jodi DeJong-Hughes, a strip-till expert for University of Minnesota Extension.
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