Now let’s see what’s popping inside the Pioneer tent. Alex Harrell is in the house and he’s a popular guy, fresh off his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield. We caught up with the Leesburg, Ga., strip-tiller for more of his top takeaways from a record-breaking summer.

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.

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.

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.

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller and cover cropper Alex Harrell shares the main takeaway from his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield.

Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell has established a new world soybean yield record at 206.7997 bushels per acre, topping Randy Dowdy's 2019 yield of 190.23 bushels per acre.