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2024 Strip-Till Innovator Develops Banded System for 300-Bushel Yields

Chris Perkins introduces strip-till to growers in his region & boosts yields by 60 bushels per acre with liquid & dry fertilizer program.
Every time Otwell, Ind., strip-tiller Chris Perkins breaks the 300-bushel barrier, a framed vintage DeKalb seed bag goes up on his office walls, showing the year, hybrid type and yield number. He’s running out of wall space.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling

No-Tillers Make Decisions Based on ROI, Not Yield

Operation progresses to cover crops, grazing as newest generation builds on family farm's conservation commitment
Mr. No-Till is what one farm magazine called my grandfather, Stanley, in a 1991 article. He got our Cedar Hill, Mo., operation started in the practice at the urging of his father in the early ’80s.
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Online Extras: August 2024 Issue

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Heavy-Duty No-Till Planter, Cover Crops Enable Planting After Flooding
  • Decades of Research Data Illustrate No-Till Soil Health Advantages
  • Maiden See & Spray Voyage Delivers 87% Savings on Some No-Till Fields
  • 2024 Strip-Till Innovator Develops Banded System for 300-Bushel Yields
  • No-Tillers' Best Tips for Suppressing Slug Pressure
  • No-Till Farmer Multimedia
  • No-Till Farmer’s Best of the Web

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Strip-Till

Strip-Till Corn Yields 9 Bushels Higher Than No-Till Average in Dry Year

Steady yields & increased cover crop usage among key takeaways from 11th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study
Strip-Till Farmer’s 11th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study, with responses from 215 strip-tillers across the U.S., shows that strip-till yields didn’t take much of a dip in 2023, despite much of the country experiencing dry or drought conditions.
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