In this week’s Boots In The Field podcast, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie addresses a 4R-type question regarding strip-till fertilizer placement. The grower says he currently is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When it comes to preparing a field for planting, farmers usually fall into one of two camps: those who till it all, and those who leave it all untilled. There is a middle ground ...

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 ...

Strip tillage for corn and soybean production is an alternative to no tillage on many poorly drained northern Corn Belt soils. It provides a warmer tilled seedbed while maintaining substantial amounts ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences The practice of deep banding fertilizer is growing in popularity as more growers turn to strip-till. However, this ...

Michael Petersen knows a thing or two about soil. And he knows how much is spent on fertilizer and water to eat away at farmers' profits. After spending 33 years with the Natural Resources ...

You can switch to strip-till for all the right reasons but work against the benefits with a lax approach to soil preparation. The appeal of strip-till is that it offers a profitable and more ...

When fourth-generation farmer Lance Saathoff climbs into the cab of his 510-horsepower John Deere tractor, he's in a control center that's guided by distant satellites to fraction-of-an-inch precision ...

There are several schools of thought on tillage. For University of Minnesota Extension Regional Crops Educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes, strip tillage provides some of the easy-warming, clear field area ...

The debate between conventional tillage and no-till has farmers considering environmental benefits and creating an optimal seed bed by burying crop residue. Strip tillage might provide a middle ground ...