Let’s go way back. We’ve been farming for a long time, and we’ve been tilling for a long time. We need to ask ourselves this question — why are we doing what we’re doing?

The 11th annual Strip-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Study indicates the average plant population for strip-tilled corn was 33,592 in 2023, up from an average of 31,281 in 2022.

Zach Reiter says strip-till is starting to make more sense to more of his customers, both conventional converts and those coming from the no-till side.