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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Steps to Strip-Till Success (Part 1). Weed control. If you switch from conventional tillage to strip-till, you may need to manage winter annual weeds in 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 ...

After just five years, soil organic matter content was 8.6 percent greater in the strip-till plots when compared to the no-till plots. Furthermore, bulk density was reduced by 4 percent and ...

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 ...