BURLEY - Change is never easy, but a growing number of Magic Valley producers are re-evaluating their tillage practices. Ken Lebsack, owner of Magic Valley Equipment in Paul, estimates between 15 and ...

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 ...

More farmers are showing interest in and using an approach called bio strip-till, where specific cover crops are planted in individual strips after the harvest of an early season crop. Goals for using ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Deere, Olathe, Kansas, has introduced a new series of strip-till equipment to help farmers till where it matters most. The new series includes a pair of integral models, and three drawn models, ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is offering a $35 grant for every acre that uses no-till or strip-till practices this fall. “No-till and strip-till practices improve soil health, reduce erosion ...