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Secrets to Breaking Through the 300-Bushel Barrier with Strip-Till

Known for his record-breaking corn yields, Charles City, Va., farmer David Hula will explain his motivation, results and challenges transitioning to strip-till and where he plans to take the practice in the future at the 2020 National Strip-Tillage Conference.
April 9, 2020
Known for his record-breaking corn yields, Charles City, Va., farmer David Hula will explain his motivation, results and challenges transitioning to strip-till and where he plans to take the practice in the future at the 2020 National Strip-Tillage Conference.
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Applying an Analytical Eye to Measure Soil Health Improvement

Dr. Jerry Hatfield, former USDA plant physiologist and Wayne Fredericks, Osage, Iowa, strip-tiller to share on-farm results and advice on how incremental improvements in farm management will bolster soil health at the 2020 National Strip-Tillage Conference.
March 6, 2020
Farmers collect data and make operational changes throughout the course of their farming career. But how much of a correlation is there between the analysis and actual application of in-field information to improve on-farm decision-making?
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Strip-Till Conversion Mellows Tough U.K. Soils

Turning to a modified strip-till setup that includes cover crops, Alex Shutes is saving time and money and seeing improved soil conditions with little or no yield drag.
October 10, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment
A few years ago as circumstances changed on his farm, Alex Shutes faced the task of raising several spring and winter crops in a tillage-intensive system as a one-man operation. It seemed like a daunting task.
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[Podcast] Pushing for Perfection with Your Strip-Till Seedbed

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, Brandon Hunnicutt shares his experiences of utilizing strip-till in an irrigated cropping system on his family's 2,600-acre operation near Giltner, Neb. and how to define the perfect seedbed in a strip-till system.
May 2, 2018 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Equipment
In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, Brandon Hunnicutt shares his experiences of utilizing strip-till in an irrigated cropping system on his family's 2,600-acre operation near Giltner, Neb. and how to define the perfect seedbed in a strip-till system.
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Robert and Mark Spiers Receive Virginia Clean Water Farm Grand Basin Award

January 30, 2018 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Water Management
Source: Kelsey Reichenberg, Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Robert and Mark are fourth- and fifth-generation farmers on the Spiers Farm, which covers 1,800 acres of cropland and about 300 acres of woodland straddling Dinwiddie and Sussex counties. Located in the Chowan River Basin, the Spiers’ farm was nominated as a result of their noteworthy conservation practices.
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