For approximately 65% of farmers across the U.S., conventional or minimum-tillage practices are part of their management strategy. With that in mind, John Deere introduces the ST series of strip-till ...

For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus. Sooner or ...

Summers Manufacturing, Devils Lake, North Dakota, has launched its new strip till equipment line featuring two distinct models: the Verdant and the Apex. These high-performance units are designed to ...

ST. ANSGAR, Iowa — Strip-tillage saves time, money and soil, but it isn’t a one size fits all system, says Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Iowa State University Extension soil management specialist. He participated ...

LAMBERTON, Minn. — Strip till’s popularity was evident at the recent Strip Till Expo at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center near Lamberton. Close to 200 farmers attended the event that included ...

If it’s possible to cultivate only the ground where the crop will grow, why waste money moving soil across the entire field? That is the question posed by proponents of strip cultivation, who ...

NORMAL, Ill. — When a friend came to Rich Follmer with a problem of low yields on his no-till ground in 1988, the innovator had no idea that his solution would one day earn him the title of ...

Switching to strip-tillage offers farmers the chance to trim down their horsepower needs and potentially save tankloads of fuel. Oliver Mark meets one farmer who has recently made the change Most of ...

KERKHOVEN — With the goal of decreasing soil erosion and increasing the health of the soil that produces his corn and soybean crops, Harmon Wilts is preparing to begin a three-year experiment with ...

SIDNEY, MT – An important two-year research project is underway at Montana State University's Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney, Mont., comparing conventional till sugarbeet planting to no-till and ...

Don't try to tell Mark Schroeder that strip tillage leads to lower corn yields. He knows better, from experience. Schroeder, chairman of the Columbia County Corn Growers, has practiced strip tillage - ...