Strip-Till Farming

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From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for Strip-Till Innovator

Ray Flickner boosts soil health, profitability & water use efficiency with strip-till, precision technology & subsurface drip irrigation.
Innovation is the name of the game for the 5th-generation farmer, who was one of the first in the area to adopt strip-till in the early 2000s — just a few years after breaking the mold with subsurface drip irrigation.
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International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal – May 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

In this edition:

  • Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Nitrogen Oxide N2O Emissions and Crop Yield in Global Cereal Cropping Systems
  • Monitoring the Spatial Distribution of Cover Crops and Tillage Practices Using Machine Learning and Environmental Drivers across Eastern South Dakota
  • Potential Long-Term, Global Effects of Enhancing the Domestic Terrestrial Carbon Sink in the United States through No-Till and Cover Cropping
  • Global Synthesis of Cover Crop Impacts on Main Crop Yield
  • Development and Testing of a Precision Hoeing System for Re-compacted Ridge Tillage in Maize

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[Podcast] Tracking Adoption of No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops, and Facing the Challenges Ahead

In this podcast, brought to you by NewFieldsAg, we’ll hear a panel discussion about the state of soil conservation from the most recent Conservation in Action Tour in Sioux Falls, S.D. hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NewFields Ag, we’ll hear a panel discussion about the state of soil conservation from the most recent Conservation in Action Tour in Sioux Falls, S.D. hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center.




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