Strip-Till Farmer

1 week ago | striptillfarmer.com | Noah Newman

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:Cutting-Edge Tech Put to the Test on Strip-Till FieldsCrushing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Cover CropsOver 200 People Get Up-Close Look at Strip-Till EquipmentStrip-Till vs.

2 weeks ago | striptillfarmer.com | John Dobberstein

The much-anticipated Make American Healthy Again report assessing key drivers of childhood disease across the U.S. was released Thursday, and it places at least some of the blame on farmers’ use of labeled, approved crop protection products.

2 weeks ago | striptillfarmer.com | Noah Newman

Yield contests are nothing new for Mercer, Mo., strip-tiller Galt Porter, whose dad Gary started pushing the envelope with contest plots over 30 years ago. Gary won a few contests in the 1990s and early 2000s but got busy with coaching the kids in baseball and participating in tractor pulls. Galt and his brothers, Gage and Grey, picked up the torch and started competing in high-yield contests a few years ago. They bought a plot together on the Iowa-Missouri border for such events.

2 weeks ago | striptillfarmer.com | Noah Newman

Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:Strip-Till & Herbicide in One PassFifth-Generation Farmer Reflects on 30 Years of Strip-TillCustom Strip-Tiller Notices Increased Demand for EquipmentCentral Illinois Farmer Pleasantly Surprised by Spring Strip-Till SuccessUniv.

3 weeks ago | striptillfarmer.com | Noah Newman

Play the latest episode:On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we catch up with Mercer, Mo., strip-tiller Galt Porter for a conversation about his award-winning 405-bushel corn yield. The 27-year-old is the reigning national NCGA Yield Contest champion in the strip-till non-irrigated class. Porter shares the keys to his high-yielding success and reveals how strip-till has been a game-changer for his family’s operation.