Strip-Till Highlights: Feb. 25, 2025
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:
- Strip-Tiller Plants Soybeans in January!
- Strip-Tiller Named Top Producer of the Year Finalist
- Strip-Till, Cover Crop Costs & Benefits Highlighted at Soil Management Summit
- 9 Things Learned From Conservation Ag Legend Dwayne Beck
- New Strip-Till Unit Designed for Tough Conditions
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Strip-Tiller Plants Soybeans in January!
Beaver Dam, Wis., strip-tiller Ryan Nell likes to plant his soybeans super early, but this year he’s really pushing the envelope. Nell planted about 3.5 acres of soybeans on January 31! He checks in with some “play-by-play” in this clip from his X account.
Jan 31st, 2025, I may never forget this. Been doing March beans since 2018. Never had a March bean ave under 75. Asking these beans to sit for 3 months, conditions were beautiful. Frost is at 2.5-3 in. Planted 3.5 acres at 140k at 2-2.25 inches. If you don’t try you won’t know!… pic.twitter.com/DjGI9gYIRm
— Ryan R. Nell (@WiBeanBag) January 31, 2025
Strip-Tiller Named Top Producer of the Year Finalist
Iowa strip-tiller Mark Hanna is featured in this Farm Journal article. Hanna is a finalist for the 2025 Top Producer of the Year award. “They’re just really good people to work for,” says Larry Severson, a long-time employee. “I mean, they’re very innovative. They try new things like the strip-till. We were the first ones in this area to make that leap. And they went headfirst into it, and it worked out really well for them.”
Photo by: Tyne Morgan
Strip-Till, Cover Crop Costs & Benefits Highlighted at Soil Management Summit
The Land recaps the University of Minnesota Extension’s Soil Management Summit, which took place at the end of January. During one of the sessions, a trio of farmers shared their costs and yield impacts experienced with cover crops and strip-till.
9 Things Learned From Conservation Ag Legend Dwayne Beck
Check out this article from our sister publication, No-Till Farmer, for 9 big takeaways from No-Till Living Legend Dwayne Beck’s keynote presentation at the 2025 National No-Tillage Conference.
Photo by: Jeff Lazewski
New Strip-Till Unit Designed for Tough Conditions
LandLuvr debuted its newest strip-till unit at the National Farm Machinery Show. Check out the specs with owner John Rohrs.
STRIP-TILL: John Rohrs gives us our first look at LandLuvr's newest strip-till unit and explains how it's built for tough soil conditions. #NFMS pic.twitter.com/vfOqbb3t03
— Strip-Till Farmer (@StripTillFarmr) February 13, 2025
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