If it's late summer, it's time to talk about pricing a corn crop standing in the field for corn silage. This is always a challenging question as there are a number of factors that contribute to the final price agreed upon by the buyer and seller that are challenging to quantify.

You could call Dean Sponheim an accidental conservationist. Well, at least initially, anyway. In 1999, Sponheim was frustrated that every year he had to replant a big chunk of a field that wasn't well tiled. "I was looking for a system where I didn't have to work it in the spring," he said.

We spoke with Doug Kraavenhoff of Raven Industries at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses Raven's recent innovations, the benefits of strip-till and strip-till's future, including considerations farmers should be making.

We spoke with Justin Troudt of Orthman Manufacturing at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses Orthman's recent innovations, the benefits of strip-till and strip-till's future, including considerations farmers should be making.

We spoke with Roger Montag of Montag Manufacturing at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses the benefits of a Montag unit in a farmer's strip-till operation and the company's future direction as strip-till evolves.

We spoke with Curt Davis of Kuhn Krause at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses Kuhn Krause's recent innovations, the benefits of strip-till and strip-till's future, including considerations farmers should be making.

We spoke with Roger Murdock of Ingersoll Tillage Group at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses how proper selection of tillage discs affects handling residue, crop yield, soil health and their key characteristics contributing to field performance. He also addresses Ingersoll's approach to meeting the changing needs in today's tillage practices.

We spoke with Kevin Born of Environmental Tillage Systems at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this video, he discusses ETS's recent innovations, the benefits of strip-till and strip-till's future, including considerations farmers should be making.

We spoke with Jim Bassett of Dawn Equipment Company at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

We spoke with Trevor Mullanix of Thurston Manufacturing/Blu-Jet at the 2014 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.