Longtime no-tillers switch to strip-till & systematic in-line ripping to improve crop performance in their corn, double-crop soybeans & wheat rotation on compacted soils.
Farming in tight, clay soils in northern Oklahoma where rains can be as fickle as a politician’s promise has made the Schnaithman family confirmed strip-tillers for their corn and soybeans. They’ll be the first to tell you that the Southern Plains are NOT the Corn Belt.
“We have markers, and we used them while we were having signal trouble," says John Holles of Springfield, Minn. "Row shutoffs didn’t work, but we didn’t have them 20 years ago either.”
A wet spring can lead to delayed or rushed planting, flooded fields, or increased pest and disease pressure, resulting in inadequate stands and requiring replants in severe instances.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by DigiFarm, Andrew Focht takes us inside his strip-till operation in Villisca, Iowa. He explains how his strategies are helping him increase N efficiency and cut back on P and K by 30% while increasing yields to over 300 bushels per acre on some fields.
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.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by DigiFarm, John Hanson switched to strip-till a few years ago to save money on fuel and labor costs and increase the moisture-holding capacity of the soils on his 1,600-acre farm in north central Iowa.
On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by DigiFarm, John Hanson switched to strip-till a few years ago to save money on fuel and labor costs and increase the moisture-holding capacity of the soils on his 1,600-acre farm in north central Iowa.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is calling it the most extreme geomagnetic storm since 2003, with reported impacts including power grid irregularities, degradation to high-frequency communications, GPS and possibly satellite navigation.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.
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