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Ingenious Toolbar Offers Great Capacity, Flexibility For Strip-Tiller

Shane Houck designed a 60-foot-wide, front-folding-frame toolbar for strip-tilling, planting corn and soybeans and sidedressing corn, too.

By Dan Zinkland posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Just down the road from the machine shed of Pennville, Ind., strip-tiller Shane Houck, a tan boulder stands halfway between the edge of the cornfield and the county blacktop. Cut into the top of the rock is the inscription, “Houck Homestead Farm 1838.”

No-Till Tradition, Passion For Change Fuel Miller Farms

Wisconsin no-tillers make use of cover crops, gypsum, winter wheat and precision ag to enhance soil biology and bump up no-till yields.

By Dan Zinkland posted on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Five years ago, Nick and Luke Miller returned to Miller Farms near Oconomowoc, Wis., bringing with them a passion for change that works well with the no-till tradition their father, Bob, began 16 years ago.

Strip-Tilling Helps Farmers Warm Up Soils, Increase Yields

Being patient, managing soil drainage and using RTK and implement steering helps Iowa strip-tillers succeed.

By Dan Zinkland posted on October 1, 2010 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

Strip-tilling helps manage residue, increase continuous-corn yields and protect the soil, say four Iowa strip-tillers and an ag retailer who have been using the system for years.

Inaccuracy Cuts Strip-Tilled Corn Yields

September 17, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Corn yields dropped 6 bushels per acre for every inch of driving error away from the edge of the strip, according to an Oklahoma State University research study.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Always Learning More From No-Till And Strip-Till

Tom Oswald continues the onfarm research that convinced him 20 years ago to avoid full-width tillage

By Tom Oswald and Ron Ross posted on June 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture, Strip-Till Farming

It might be more correct to call this article, “What I’m Still Learning From No-Tilling.” Over nearly 30 years, my farming operation has shifted from customary fall-spring tillage, through a period of detailed research and onfarm studies and finally, 11 years ago, to adoption of continuous no-till.

New Conservation Program Merits A Closer Look

No-tillers more likely to earn contracts that provide funding to improve their no-till system

By Martha Ostendorf posted on June 1, 2010 | Posted in Water Management

CONGRATULATIONS! Your conservation efforts have been noticed. Please move directly to “Go” and collect your reward.

What I've Learned from No-Tilling

Strip-Till Handles Soil Challenges

But this grower says you won’t reap the full soil-building benefits of no-till or strip-till for 5 years.

By Tom Muller posted on July 1, 2008 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

When we decided that we wanted to no-till corn back in 1994, we knew we would face a tough challenge from our cold, wet spring soils. So, my brother Steve and I (with the support of our Dad, Dave) decided to try fall strip-tilling.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling

Strip-Till Helping Farmers Who Struggle With Heavy Soils

By Jodi DeJong-Hughes posted on March 1, 2008 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

We've learned a lot about strip-tillage in the western Corn Belt and Great Plains, and the more we learn, the better it looks.

Spring Stripping Strategies

With last-minute changes being made in crop rotations and expansion of continuous corn acres, spring strip-tilling is gaining momentum.

By Frank Lessiter posted on February 1, 2008 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

If you happen to think that strip-tilling is mainly a fall practice, guess again.

Farm Progress Show Reveals Emerging Equipment Trends

Manufacturers are modifying their offerings to meet no-tillers’ changing needs.

By Phil Needham posted on November 1, 2007 | Posted in Equipment

At least four emerging trends could be spotted at the Farm Progress Show, the annual display of farm equipment and services held for 3 days this summer near Decatur, Ill.

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No-Tiller Plants Entire Corn Crop with Driverless Tractor

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.

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