OWATONNA, Minn. — Strip till rigs rolled down the field followed by curious farmers who knelt down to dig in the trench left behind or kicked the chunks left atop the soil. The demonstrations were ...

MASON CITY, Iowa — Four north Iowa farmers are among those who are sold on strip till. The farmers — Wayne Fredericks, Osage; Jeff Reints, Shell Rock; Brad Watson, Clear Lake; and Doug Caffrey, ...

Editor's note: Jeff Beach will be checking up with Vance Johnson throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — If it were a race, Vance Johnson says he ...

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 ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Stacks of plow blades rest on old wooden pallets inside a large barn and tool shed on the Paul Lanpher farm near Advance. Pipes have been welded into places on the plow blades. Some of ...

For farmers looking to maintain the benefits of vertical tillage while enjoying some of the soil health impacts of no-till, strip tillage is a popular option. With strip tillage, the seedbed for next ...

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 ...

The debate between conventional tillage and no-till has farmers considering environmental benefits and creating an optimal seed bed by burying crop residue. Strip tillage might provide a middle ground ...

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 ...