On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we’re headed to Walnut, Ill., to catch up with strip-tiller Tanner Schoff. Schoff strip-tills corn, no-tills soybeans and uses cover crops. He recently created the Rezidue Reaper tillage attachment tool for combines to manage the heavy residue in his system.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, Westin Arseneau explains how strip-till boosts his efficiency and profitability in the challenging soils of his east central Illinois farm.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), we catch up with the “Grandfather of Strip-Till” Rich Follmer. While growers were moving toward no-tilled soybeans in a big way during the 1980s and ‘90s, no-tilled corn acres remained somewhat flat. Many farmers feared they would have problems trying to no-till into cold, wet ground covered with residue.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), Jodi DeJong-Hughes shares strip-till insights from over 20 years of comparative tillage research.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, Understanding Ag consultant Brian Dougherty gets to the root of compaction.

Every equipment pass risks soil compaction, a problem that affects root and crop growth, water infiltration, crop fertility access and your bottom line. But many management practices exist to help fix compaction and avoid it in the future.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, technology editor Noah Newman breaks down everything you can expect at the upcoming 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we pay a visit to 2025 Strip-Till Innovator Ray Flickner in Moundridge, Kan.

Flickner takes us around his 1,000-acre corn, soybean and wheat operation for a look at how he’s making strip-till work in relatively challenging conditions.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we’re headed to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the Conservation in Action Tour and a special panel discussion about the state of soil conservation.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), 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. The 5th-generation farmer also details his nutrient management strategies, which include split nitrogen (N) applications, and goes over the top lessons learned from his national championship yield that will influence how he manages the rest of his acres.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems, we catch up with Hatley, Wis., strip-tiller Mike Fischer as he gets ready to make spring strips.