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Blu-Jet's Galaxy

September 3, 2010 | Posted in Equipment

Bu-Jet's new Galaxy narrow-row strip-till implement allows the company's strip-till row units to be mounted on 20, 22, 24 and 30-inch row spacings.

Strip-Tilled Corn Beats No-Till Corn By 17 Bushels Per Acre

September 3, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Strip-tilled corn after soybeans yielded more 17.6 bushels per acre more than no-tilled corn in 2009 in head-to-head comparisons of five hybrids on-farm trials a the Conservation Cropping Systems Project near Forman, N.D.

Strip-Till Events

August 13, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Strip-Till Discussed At Michigan, Minnesota Field Days

Does Strip-Till Reduce Greenhouse Gas?

August 13, 2010 | Posted in Nutrient Management

A USDA soil scientist compared strip-till with chisel-plowing and moldboard plowing in Minnesota to see if less tillage reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Strip-Till Improves Water Infiltration

August 13, 2010 | Posted in Water Management

Water infiltrates up to four times more quickly in strip-tilled vs. directed-seed and conventional, full-width tillage in corn and cotton grown at the Stiles Foundation Farm in Texas.

Strip-Till Offers Good Alternative To No-Till in Heavy, Wet Soils

July 30, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Residue Management

Source: By Steve Butzen, Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Strip-till is an appealing option for farmers in the northern Corn Belt who have heavy soils that are cold and wet in the spring, says a Pioneer Hi-Bred agronomy research communications manager.

Strip-Till Shorts, July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Water Management

Source: RTK Leads The Way

RTK makes strip-tilling work well, strip-till shines during drought and deep banding phosphate and potash cane work if managed properly.

Strip-Tilled Corn Has More Roots

June 18, 2010 | Posted in Soil Health

The roots of strip-tilled corn extended at least 6 inches deeper than no-tilled corn 25 days after emergence (DAE) in 2009 field trials conducted by Orthman Manufacturing Co. in Nebraska.

Six Ways To Improve Soil Health

June 10, 2010 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: By Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension vegetable and berry specialist

No-tillers can learn how to improve the health of their soils with the help of the newly revised book "Building Soil For Better Health," written by two prominent soil scientists.

Strip-Till Corn Profitability Tops Mulch-Till, No-Till

May 27, 2010

Strip-till lost the bragging rights about yields to mulch-till in a 4-year, onfarm study conducted in Illinois. But profits from strip-till topped thos of mulch-till and no-till in the study.

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