Crop yields, prices and weather conditions for strip-tilling are totally opposite - for the better - this fall versus 2009, says Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota Extension crops and soils educator in Marshall, Minn.
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.
This week's lead story includes specific recommendations from Iowa farmer and tillage consultant Kevin Kimberley on how strip-tillers can cope successfully with the bone-dry, rock-hard fields they'll be facing this fall in much of the Midwest and Great Plains.
Dean Carstens, president of Twin Diamond Industries in Minden, Neb., traveled to France in September to visit with farmers interested in strip-till. Twin Diamond ran a small ad about a year ago in an international ag equipment publication that generated five e-mails.
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.
Strip-tillers may face tougher conditions this fall if they're farming in dry regions, so it's going to be necessary to account for that when doing field work this fall, says consultant Kevin Kimberley of Maxwell, Iowa.
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