There are many innovative ways people can use strip-till, and that includes "bio strip-till," or "bio-drilling" using cover crops. With this practice, strip-tillers use forage radishes and other cover crops to create voids in the soil, rather than using a strip-till rig.
Some topics grab my attention more than others, so I'm glad I attended Peter Scharf's session on nitrogen sensors in corn production at last week's Iowa Soybean Association's On-Farm Network conference.
Just because strip-tillers got fields stripped in the fall doesn't necessarily mean everything is fine now, says Kevin Kimberley, owner of Kimberley Ag Consulting, Maxwell, Iowa.
Three experienced scientists say soil pits are another tool no-tillers can use to examine soil structure, root development, compaction, soil quality and other important agronomical issues.
Strip-tilling has increased dryland corn yields 30 to 45 bushels per acre for Scott Darling of Pender, Neb., since he started strip-tilling 4 years ago.
After more than 20 years of no-tilling corn and soybeans, Prairie City, Iowa, farmer Gordon Wassenaar decided in the fall of 2010 to shift to strip-till.
Using forage radishes and field peas for bio strip-till produced the fifth and sixth-highest corn yields of 53 test plots in 2010 at the Conservation Systems Cropping Project, a no-till demonstration farm near Forman, N.D., says farm manager Kelly Cooper.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we honor the life and legacy of Bill Richards — the ‘Grandfather of No-Till’ — who passed away Tuesday at the age of 93.
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