The Cornelissen farm in Watford, Ontario is leveraging strip-till and cover crops to fight slugs, dry out soils and realize a yield advantage.
Many farmers who convert to strip-till from a conventional-tillage system often laud the benefits of improved soil structure and savings on fuel and labor. For Michael, Kyle and George Cornelissen, who have 28 years of no-tilling behind them, they adopted strip-till for entirely different reasons.
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