On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, we’re broadcasting from the road at the 2024 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa! We highlight some of the latest innovations at the show, including a new row cleaner from Martin-Till, autonomous filling station from Solinftec and a harvest weed seed control unit from Redekop.

I’m standing in front of these soybeans here. It’s a good reminder when you’re planting soybeans or any crop for that matter, it’s important for no-tillers to have a good row cleaner. Right now, we’re going to toss it over to Steve Martin with Martin-Till to talk about their walking tandem frame mounted row cleaner. 

It will be a mild fall overall for much of the U.S., with plenty of dry stretches for harvest, especially in the southern half of the country, according to BAM Weather meteorologist Bret Walts.

Jonathan Spence of Schlagel Manufacturing and Leesburg, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell sit down with technology editor Noah Newman in this exclusive interview from the 2024 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.

Solinftec debuts its new autonomous docking station, which will allow its Solix Ag Robot to operate 100% autonomously throughout the season, without the need for a manual refill. Guilherme Guine, COO North America, showcases how the station works and explains its potential impact on autonomous farming technology.

Solinftec debuts its new autonomous docking station, which will allow its Solix Ag Robot to operate 100% autonomously throughout the season, without the need for a manual refill. Guilherme Guine, COO North America, showcases how the station works and explains its potential impact on autonomous farming technology.

We’re kicking things off with breaking news. Strip-tiller Alex Harrell broke his own world record with a 218-bushel soybean yield in Smithville, Ga., this week. The irrigated soybeans were 12 bushels better than his 206-bushel yield last year. He strip-tilled through a terminated wheat cover crop on red clay soil with a Schlagel Rapid-Till, while banding a homogenized mix of N, P, K, sulfur, zinc, iron and copper.

Our entire staff was on hand as the No-Till Farmer editor opened the first box of his brand-new book, “Frankly Speaking: A Non-Whitewashed ‘First-Hand’ Account of No-Till Farming’s Rise Over 50-Plus Years.” It features 683 of Frank’s personal columns and opinions — as they occurred in real-time dating back to 1972. The only editor of No-Till Farmer since its first edition, Frank’s front-row seat spans more than half a century, during which he witnessed no-till acres grow from 3.3 million acres to 110 million acres today.