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Rainbow of GPS Systems Can Cause Costly Headaches

November 22, 2015 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

Strip-tiller Jason Wykoff is no stranger to precision farming technology. Since the 1990s, he’s been using it to develop yield maps to better manage field fertility, improve row spacing accuracy and reduce operator fatigue on 4,500 acres of seed corn, field corn and soybeans in northern Indiana.


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Crop Sensors Emerging as Useful, Profitable No-Till Tool

Farmers and manufacturers discuss the payback crop sensors offer, as well as their vulnerabilities and what the future may hold for the technology.
October 26, 2015
There’s little doubt among farmers that data pouring from a myriad of displays, sensors, monitors and other precision farming equipment is going to help them be more efficient. However, analysis and timing often stand in the way of that goal.
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Looking at Strip-Tilled Corn From the Roots Up

Veteran agronomist Mike Petersen, offers his hard won conclusions about strip-tilled corn’s root structure.
By Ian Gronau posted on October 13, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health
Mike Petersen dug his first soil pit 34 years ago. More than 1,500 digs later, he has determined that strip-till and accurate nutrient applications can achieve 300-bushel corn more efficiently and affordably than conventional tillage.
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Thurston Mfg. Debuts New StripTracker Rig

September 8, 2015 | Posted in Equipment

Nick Jensen with Thurston Mfg./Blu-Jet, discusses features of the company’s new StripTracker machine, which is the first strip-till rig on the market to incoporate on-board fertilizer application, such as a dry cart or liquid application tank, with stretched and staggered rows to help with residue and soil flow through the machine.


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Red Plus Green Can Equal Frustrated Farmer

By Clair Urbain posted on September 5, 2015 | Posted in Precision Agriculture
The Stoller family farms 4,700 acres near Kentland, Ind., and have almost always had a John Deere fleet of equipment. But as they transition to strip-till in both corn and soybean rotations, they added a Case IH RowTrac 470 tractor into the equipment lineup in 2015 to help them reduce soil compaction.
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