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Strip-Till Makes Good Match for Farming Flat with Surface Irrigation

San Joaquin Valley dairy ditches the dikes to water and plant on flat fields, using strip-till to cut labor and fuel costs in half and achieve better timing on planting and pest control.
By Dan Crummett posted on September 27, 2016 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
San Joaquin Valley dairy ditches the dikes to water and plant on flat fields, using strip-till to cut labor and fuel costs in half and achieve better timing on planting and pest control.
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Strip-Till Farmer Launches New Podcast Series

By Jack Zemlicka posted on September 13, 2016
Understanding the mobility of today’s farmer, Strip-Till Farmer launched its 2016 podcast series on Sept. 14 with the first episode, “Strengthening Your Strip-Tilled Soils with Cover Crops & Other Ecological Tools,” featuring soil scientist Jill Clapperton.
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Technical Competency a Must to Support Precision Sales

August 5, 2016 | Posted in Precision Agriculture
For Aaron Wickstrom, keeping his 2,400 dairy herd fed requires triple-cropping on his 1,000 acres of flood and pivot irrigated fields near Hilmar, Calif. To provide silage, he first plants corn by May 1 that’s harvested in August, followed by sorghum that’s harvested as silage in October. He then no-tills a winter cover crop of Italian rye or a mix of wheat, oats and rye.
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Evening Out Emergence with a Strip-Till System

With 3,200 acres of hilly farmland susceptible to erosion, Yutan, Neb., farmer Kody Karloff’s transition to strip-till has helped create a flexible planting window and more consistent early-season crop health.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on June 21, 2016 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
With 3,200 acres of hilly farmland susceptible to erosion, Yutan, Neb., farmer Kody Karloff’s transition to strip-till has helped create a flexible planting window and more consistent early-season crop health.
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Committing to Strip-Till Transforms High Plains Farm

Harold Grall credits good records, strip-till and new technology for his ability to double his farm size while cutting fuel and irrigation water.
By Dan Crummett posted on May 10, 2016
Harold Grall already had extensive experience growing corn and grain sorghum in the Texas Panhandle when he bought out his mentor, Dale Coleman, and started farming on his own in 1994. At that time, he was farming 3,700 acres of High Plains silt-clay loam just north of Dumas, Texas, and was committed to ridge-till and furrow irrigation.
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Strip-Till Catching on for Silage Corn in California

Through a new strip-till test drive program, California dairy farmers are seeing a huge time, fuel and labor savings with strip-tillage on their silage corn.
By Ian Gronau posted on April 12, 2016 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101
Riverdale, Calif., dairy farmer, Stephan Brown was a bit hesitant to try strip-till at first. He’d initially come across the practice at a University of California extension field day he attended over a decade ago and wasn’t impressed.
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