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From the Field: Widening the Window for Spring Strip-Till

Accommodating field conditions and increasing confidence in strip-till fuel a three-fold increase in custom strip-till acres this spring for Elk Point, S.D. farmer Joey Hanson.
By Sarah Hill posted on April 21, 2020
Strip-tilling fields in southern South Dakota is underway, as of last week, according to Joey Hanson, a custom strip-tiller from Elk Point, S.D. “We started on April 8, and ran for three days,” he says. “I’ve done 600 acres so far — three times the amount I was able to strip-till in the spring of 2019.”
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Strip-Tilling Cover Crops into Poorer Soils Results in Increased Yields

For more than 2 decades, Alabama strip-tiller Mitch Lazenby has utilized heavy cover cropping to keep soils cool, retain moisture and boost yields 10-20% on his 2,000-acre operation.
By Sarah Hill posted on October 14, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health
Saying that summers in Alabama are hot is an understatement. A better description is ‘sweltering’, ‘scorching’ and ‘blistering.’ So, finding a way to keep soils cool and retain moisture is critical to the success of any crop grown in the Heart of Dixie.
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Let Cover Crops Do the Work to Keep Weeds Away

By Sarah Hill posted on September 10, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting
We all know that one of the potential benefits of using cover crops is weed suppression, but do you know how cover crops actually provide weed suppression? There are a couple of ways: through blocking sunlight from reaching weed seeds, and also allelopathy, as the cover crop plants produce a chemical that reduces weed seed germination.
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