Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or decreasing the ...

Editor's note: Jeff Beach will be checking up with Vance Johnson throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — If it were a race, Vance Johnson says he ...

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 ...

Minnesota farmer Ron Verly (left) and Iowa farmer Garrett Asmus say going to strip tillage has helped them improve soil health, reduce nutrient use and boost crop yields. Strip tillage has provided ...

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 ...

In their quest to improve soil health and better adapt to changeable conditions, Lincolnshire growers Matthew and Richard Fisher have invested in an elaborate custom-built strip-till drill. The ...

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 ...

Establishing sugar beet by strip tillage can reduce establishment costs by one-third while also lowering the weed burden and improving soil health, according to industry experts. In a review of strip ...