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Jan 16, 2025 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Connor Campbell |Noah Newman |Michaela Paukner |Joe Ailts
The top-performing Strip-Till Farmer content of 2024 showcases critical industry updates, expert insights and emerging trends in the world of strip-till. As we step into the new year, we’re excited to highlight the stories, interviews and articles that resonated most with our readers over the past year. From in-depth research and insightful blogs to hours of engaging video content, our mission remains focused on delivering "meat and potatoes" content to the strip-till community.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
no-tillfarmer.com | Monica Brusnahan |Les Henry |Jennie J. Kramer |Michaela Paukner
No-TillFarmer.com's top performing content in 2024 brought together the latest industry news, inspiring farmer stories, no-till best practices, and innovative solutions that are shaping the future of agriculture. This year, we featured video interviews with no-till innovators, pioneers, and experts like Jared Kenney, Jon Stevens, Dave McLaughlin, Steve Groff, and more.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Elise Koning |Michaela Paukner
Farm profitability and environmental stewardship can go hand-in-hand when planting cover crops, according to Purdue University’s Shalamar Armstrong. Armstrong, an associate professor of agronomy at Purdue, recently worked on a multi-year research project to determine how precision planting cereal rye and Balansa clover cover crops could affect nutrient uptake and corn yield.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
farm-equipment.com | Michaela Paukner
Sara Loritz, parts technician at Vanderloop Equipment in Brillion, Wis., estimates that she spends 75% of her time at work talking with customers, whether on the phone or in person. “Communication isn't too hard for me,” Loritz says. “I’m fairly outgoing. I like to talk.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
Bradley Zimmerman, the third generation of the Zimmerman family to farm, puts his grandpa Raymond Zimmerman's prototypes to the test on their Cantril, Iowa, farm and gives him the honest truth about the machines. Raymond is the founder of Zimmerman Mfg., which makes strip-till bars, low-disturbance manure and nitrogen applicators, and more. KEYWORDS Bradley Zimmerman Next generation farmers Raymond Zimmerman Zimmerman Manufacturing
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
Nate Hood, ag technology supervisor at Centra Sota Co-op in Buffalo, Minn., explains why the co-op chose to carry Zimmerman Mfg.'s strip-till toolbars. He says strip-till is becoming more popular in his region due to local government regulation. VIDEO
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
no-tillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
After a harrowing series of maneuvers needed to turn a coach bus down a narrow gravel road with 4-foot-deep ditches on either side, attendees on the Conservation Technology Information Center’s 2024 Conservation in Action Tour arrived at Ellis Bell’s century farm. Bell’s Family Farm has been operating since 1878 in Forrest City, Ark., which is about 45 minutes west of Memphis. Bell, the farm’s current owner, is a member of the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
Mark Dobson of Donnellson, Iowa, strip-tills his 400 certified organic acres and as many as 2,000 custom strip-till acres annually. He talks about the benefits of using strip-till with his certified organic crops, the benefits of strip-till for conventional and organic acres, how his new Zimmerman strip-till toolbar considerably reduces the number of times he has to stop and get out of the cab, strip-tilling into cover crops and more.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
At least 11 states in the U.S. have confirmed reports of tar spot in corn, according to the Crop Protection Network. This map from the Crop Protection Network shows the counties with confirmed positives for tar spot. As of July 15, Indiana is having the widest outbreak with the Corn Belt states of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin also reporting positives in certain counties. What is Tar Spot?
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
no-tillfarmer.com | Michaela Paukner
This week, I found some time to sort through a pile of paperwork on my desk marked as story ideas. In the pile was the Fertilizer Institute's 4R Pocket Guide, one of the handouts given to attendees at the Conservation Technology Information Center's 2024 Conservation in Action Tour in June. The 4Rs of nutrient management are a set of guidelines for keeping nutrients on the field.
