Luc Van Herle shows us their new Twin Row Planter at Farm Progress.

In the spirit of continuous improvement, we recently asked strip-tillers if they could provide us with some of the beneficial modifications they've made to their strip-till rigs. Whether it's a new manufactured strip-till bar or even an older homemade version, the relative "newness"? of this management technique means many strip-tillers are looking for ways to improve berm building, fertilizer application or precision performance.

Rich Recker, agronomist, Alpine fertilizer in Ontario, talks about increasing corn yields at the FEASTT Fertilizer Efficiency and Strip-Till Tour Aug. 22, 2012.

Yetter Manufacturing features its 30-foot (3830) and 41-foot (3840) toolbars that can be used for sidedressing, strip-till or fertilizer application.

When Joe Brightly came home to the family farm in Hamlin, N.Y., in 2009 after graduating from college, he and his father, Dean, weighed whether they should replace an aging field cultivator and chisel plow with new ones.

Despite wet weather interfering with strip-till last fall, the practice continues to grow in the Corn Belt, Great Plains and western United States, say ag equipment manufacturers.

Since Marvin Dusanek began strip-tilling 15 years ago, he and his son, Dave, have worked on managing residue.

Not satisfied with what the market had to offer, Advance, Mo., no-tiller Paul Lanpher designed a strip-till rig that produced higher yields and eliminated compaction.

The increasing amount of strip-till equipment on the market, along with RTK and new options for spring strip-till, are making it easier for farmers to start and continue strip-tilling successfully, says Jodi DeJong-Hughes, a strip-till expert for University of Minnesota Extension.

If the rain, ruts and soggy fields last fall make you think twice about strip-tilling this fall, Illinois strip-tiller Brent Schmitz offers some simple advice.