Let’s wrap things up with our Video of the Week. This one comes to us from Salin 247 founder Dave Krog. The company’s autonomous planter makes its way across a strip-tilled field in central Iowa. Krog says the field is part of an Iowa State nitrogen response project. Salin 247 will be doing a variable-rate sidedress application in early June. We’ll check back in with Dave around then to see how it goes.

Wednesday marked the 1-year anniversary of the deadly dust storm crash that claimed the lives of 8 people in central Illinois. Extreme winds blew dirt from tilled fields, causing a 90-vehicle pileup on Interstate 55. Some say the tragedy could’ve been avoided if the fields were no-tilled.

This week we’re going to hear from Dodge County, Wis., no-tiller Tony Peirick as he shares some key tips for setting up a planter to plant green into a living cover crop. This video comes to us courtesy of University of Wisconsin’s Integrated Pest and Crop Management program.

We asked, “What will you plant first this year?” It’s almost split down the middle with nearly 53% saying corn before soybeans. Jeff, why soybeans first?