Charles City, Va., farmer Dave Hula, details his motivation and results of transitioning a portion of his corn acres in 2018 to strip-till and some of the early returns, including even emergence, seedbed preparation and yield increases.

The John Deere AutoTrac Controller 300 universal after-market steering kit gives producers the benefits of integrated AutoTrac precision guidance with no impact on operator ergonomics and no steering wheel modifications. According to John Mishler, precision ag marketing manager for John Deere, the AutoTrac Controller 300 system is customizable to different types, ages and brands of ag machines that have hydraulic steering from a single source and at least four wheels.

SureFire Ag Systems and Kinze Manufacturing have reached an agreement that will allow SureFire to install its industry-leading liquid fertilizer planter solutions on Kinze planters before they leave the factory.

Martin-Till introduces new closing system update for Case IH 2000 series row units to provide better seed trench closing in heavy soils.

At the end of every calendar year, we gather a list of the top-performing digital content from www.StripTillFarmer.com. We boiled our year down to these 7 items, which have been the most popular among our audience.

Agronomic consultant Bill Preller discusses the origins and evolution of his involvement in the R&D of the DMI strip-till bar and why he views strip-till as an ideal marriage of ag machinery and agronomic aspects of soil management.

Ace Pump VP, Andy Randle, presents the FMC-WS-125. Featuring their Ace's original 204 pump fitted with WetSeal Technology for improved sprayer and planter reliability.

David Hula is no stranger to breaking yield records. The Virginia farmer has topped the NCGA National Corn Yield Contest five times since 2003 in the strip, min, mulch, ridge-till irrigated category. The previous world record of 542 bushels per acre, set by Hula in 2017, has been shattered by his 2019 yield of 616.1953 on ground he strip-tills with the SoilWarrior.

Luke Bunkers, Product Specialist with Ag Leader, introduces DualTrac available with NovAtel's TerraStar-X providing RTK level accuracy without RTK base stations.