Strip-Till Farmer Podcast

Strip-Till Farmer Podcast episodes:

• 03.14.2024

  Benchmark Study Reveal with Michael Petersen: Strip-Till Proves Resilient in Drought Year

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, veteran agronomist Michael Petersen reacts to new data revealed for the first time from the 2024 Strip-Till Farmer Benchmark Study. How do your strip-till practices...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Remembering Iowa Ag Secretary, USDA Leader & Strip-Tiller Bill Northey

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we honor the life and legacy of the late Bill Northey with a look back at his keynote presentation from the 2015 National Strip-Tillage Conference...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Spring Strip-Till Tips, New RTK Technology & More At 2024 National Farm Machinery Show

  Spring Strip-Till Tips, New RTK Technology & More At 2024 National Farm Machinery Show by Strip-Till Farmer

  
• 02.09.2024

  Cove Crop Strategies for Strip-Till Systems with Brian Corkill

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Galva, Ill., strip-tiller Brian Corkill shares the ups and downs of his cover cropping journey. Listen in as Corkill leads a classroom session at the...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Inside The Cab With Strip-Till Innovator Ryan Shaw

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Manufacturing, we ride along with Marlette, Mich., strip-tiller Ryan Shaw as he makes spring strips with his Environmental Tillage Systems SoilWarrior.

  
• 01.24.2024

  Unlocking Spring Strip-Till Success With Randy Bump

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Famer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Randy Bump takes us inside his strip-till operation in Albany, Wisconsin. Bump explains the keys to success for making 100% of his strips in the...

  
• 12.19.2023

  New Strip-Till Innovations Generate Buzz At 2023 Farm Shows

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, representatives from several companies showcase their new strip-till equipment. As 2023 comes to a close, we revisit our trip to the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill....

  
• 12.06.2023

  Tips For Reducing Compaction With Ag Tire Expert James Crouch

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., James Crouch, national segment manager for Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, breaks down new technology that can help strip-tillers minimize compaction, save fuel and boost yields.

  
• 11.20.2023

  Strip-Tiller Alex Harrell Shares Keys To 206-Bushel Soybean Yield

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell shares perspective on his world record-breaking soybean yield in 2023. The 33-year-old set a new soybean yield record with 206.7997 bushels...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Workshopping Your Strip-Till Troubles

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., 3 successful strip-tillers share some of their top strategies and lessons learned from their strip-till journey. Paul Dubbels of Fergus Falls, Minn., Larry Tombaugh of Streator,...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Strip-Till Roundtable Part 2: What To Look For When Buying Or Building Toolbar

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., a trio of experienced strip-tillers talk with a first-time strip-tiller who’s making the switch after years of conventional tillage.

  
• 10.13.2023

  Strip-Till Roundtable Part 1: Equipment, Obstacles & Strip-Till 101

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Montag Mfg., a trio of experienced strip-tillers talk with a first-time strip-tiller who’s making the switch after years of conventional tillage.

  
• 06.16.2023

  A Conversation With Dryland Corn Yield Record-Breaker Eric Reed

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, Elora, Tenn., native Eric Reed shares the keys to his high-yielding success. “Our dirt is the kind they build racetracks on,” Eric Reed says. Reed grows...

  
• 06.05.2023

  Analyzing The 2023 Strip-Till Benchmark Survey Results With Tony Vyn

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, Purdue University cropping systems and tillage specialist Tony Vyn reacts to results from the 2023 Strip-Till Benchmark Survey. Strip-Till Farmer’s 10th annual benchmark study of strip-till practices...

  
• 05.17.2023

  Why Strip - Till Business Is Booming With Kuhn Krause’s Curt Davis

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, Kuhn Krause marketing director Curt Davis examines the evolution of the strip-till equipment market and why the conservation practice is becoming an increasingly popular option for...

  
• 05.05.2023

  The Biggest Strip-Till Lessons Learned At The Precision Planting PTI Farm

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, Jason Webster, Precision Technology Institute (PTI) Farm manager, discusses the biggest strip-till lessons learned from years of research at the 400-plus acre research farm.

  
• 04.21.2023

  Winning The Season-Long Nutrient Management Relay Race

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, Otwell, Ind., strip-tiller Chris Perkins discusses the impact of hybrid selection on banded fertility, the key to a balanced nutrition plan below the root zone and...

  
• 04.06.2023

  Building A Complete Fertility Package With High-Yielding Strip-Tiller Caleb Traugh

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, we go 1-on-1 with Blakely, Ga., strip-tiller Caleb Traugh, who accumulates ideas from across the country and finds a way to make them work on his...

  
• 03.16.2023

  Schilling Family’s Switch To Strip-Till Helps Solve Regional Water Issues

  On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Ron Schilling talks about the motivation behind their switch to strip-till, how they incorporate cattle into their system, why they build strips in the spring...

  
• 03.03.2023

  How To Maintain Yield While Cutting Inputs & Hours With Strip-Tiller Greg Entinger

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, New Prague, Minn., farmer Greg Entinger shares his economic-based strategy for managing his 900-acre strip-tilled corn operation. Entinger switched from conventional tillage to strip-till in...

  
• 02.21.2023

  3 Strip - Tillers Share Their Best Ideas For 2023 Mixdown

  For this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, a trio of strip-tillers discuss their plans for 2023. Jon Stevens of Rock Creek, Minn., Ryan Nell of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Ryan Shaw of...

  
• 02.17.2023

  Maximizing Planter Performance With Corn Yield Champion Ben Kron

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Ben Kron shares the keys to his record-breaking success. The Evansville, Ind., farmer won the National Corn Growers Association 2021 National Corn Yield Contest’s strip-till, minimum-till,...

  
• 02.03.2023

  Use Strip-Till To Push Corn Planting Populations

  On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Dr. Fred Below, researcher and crop physiologist at the University of Illinois, joins managing editor Michaela Paukner for a conversation about ideal plant populations in...

  
• 01.06.2023

  Breaking Down The Physical, Chemical & Biological Characteristics Of Soil Health

  For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we chat with Jeremiah Durbin, independent crop consultant, Sustainable Legacy Consulting; soil health specialist and Tennessee Association of Conservation Districts, about those physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil health...

  
• 12.16.2022

  The Best of ‘22: Boosting Yields, the Complexities of Strip-Till & When to Sell Used Equipment

  On this special edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, we’re revisiting the top 3 most listened to interviews of 2022.

  
• 12.02.2022

  Slashing Input Costs & Overcoming Challenges With Strip-Till

  For this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, we head out to Tipton, Calif., to catch up with west coast strip-till pioneer Tom Barcellos. Barellos was the first in...

  
• 11.16.2022

  Dean Fehl on Strip-Till Yesterday and Today

  In this week’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, editor Frank Lessiter speaks with early strip-till adopter Dean Fehl about how he got started strip tilling, his current role as a retiree helping...

  
• 11.04.2022

  Inside The Cab With Illinois Strip-Tiller Jay Riddell

  For this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, we're riding in the combine with Putnam, Ill., strip-tiller Jay Riddell as he completes corn harvest on one of his farms.

  
• 10.18.2022

  SIMPAS Technology Takes Prescription Application To New Level

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, you’ll hear Jim Lappin, AMVAC director of SIMPAS product portfolio & Alliances, and Caleb Schultz, AMVC retail channel precision ag services lead,...

  
• 10.05.2022

  Managing Effects Of Drought Stress In The Fall

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, we speak with Dan Berning, Pioneer agronomy manager, and Scott Walker, Pioneer marketing manager. Berning and Walker explain how to manage drought...

  
• 09.16.2022

  Increasing Seed Prices & Nitrogen Market Risk For 2023 With RaboResearch’s Sam Taylor

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, we speak with Sam Taylor, RaboResearch’s executive director of research for farm inputs in the North American market. Taylor explains his projections...

  
• 09.01.2022

  Saving Soil, Sharing Success With 2022 Strip-Till Innovator Brian Ryberg

  Brian Ryberg, who farms 5,200 acres in Buffalo Lake, Minn., was the first farmer to strip-till sugar beets in Minnesota, the nation’s largest sugar beet producer. His award-winning strip-till, cover crop and soil health practices — in addition to his...

  
• 08.19.2022

  Automating Soil Testing with Precision Planting’s Dale Koch & Doug Wright

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, Precision Planting’s Dale Koch and Doug Wright discuss the components of Radicle Agronomics, how Radicle Agronomics works with the company’s existing products,...

  
• 08.05.2022

  Rehabbing Soil On Farm Fields, MLB Ballparks & More With Parker Cohn

  In today’s episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, editor Brian O’Connor talks with Parker Cohn, CEO of California-based Performance Resources Management (PRM), about how PRM designs biological management programs for growers, new technologies he’s putting to use to improve soil...

  
• 07.14.2022

  Strip-Tilling Into Perennial Living Mulch With Andrew Bowman & Charles Martin

  In today’s episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, Oneida, Ill., neighbors Andrew Bowman and Charles Martin explain the experiment, the benefits of strip-tilling into a living mulch, how to make...

  
• 06.29.2022

  Soil Testing & Nutrition Basics For Success With Agronomist John Leif

  In today’s episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by the Pluribus Lite from Dawn Equipment, John Leif, a regional agronomist at AgroLiquid, explains the basics of soil testing, some common mistakes farmers make when soil testing, when...

  
• 06.16.2022

  How Ben Pederson Thinks Bigger Than His Farm With A Strip-Till System (Replay)

  Ben Pederson runs a 100% strip-till operation in Lake Mills, Iowa. He takes a holistic approach to strip-till and encourages out-of-the-box thinking to keep his operations on a pathway to profitability. One such example is he’s started using ion technology...

  
• 06.03.2022

  Managing Compaction & Navigating Carbon Markets With Jodi DeJong - Hughes Mixdown

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Jodi DeJong-Hughes an Educator with the University of Minnesota Extension gives us a preview of her lecture for the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference, discussing...

  
• 05.19.2022

  Straight Talk About Sustainable Farming With Author Robert Paarlberg

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, author Robert Paarlberg talks about the research that went into his book, his advice to commercial farmers and farm organizations about advocating for sustainability,...

  
• 05.05.2022

  Banded Systems Get To The Root Of Yield With Chris Perkins

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Indiana strip-tiller and consultant Chris Perkins introduces what to look for in a corn hybrid, shares how to develop a plan for success...

  
• 04.21.2022

  How Mineral Nutrition & Humates Boost Your Bottom Line With Jim Hoorman

  Soil health specialist Jim Hoorman is joining Strip-Till Farmer for an exclusive pre-conference workshop July 27 ahead of the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference, and he’s giving us a preview of his presentation in this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer...

  
• 04.06.2022

  Creating The ‘Most Beautiful Seedbed’ With Illinois Strip-Tiller Rock Katschnig

  In today’s episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Illinois farmer Rock Katschnig talks about how strip-till has benefited his 3,500 acre operation in northwestern Illinois, the equipment he uses to strip-till,...

  
• 03.22.2022

  How To Quantify The Benefits Of Cover Crops With USDA’s Steven Mirsky

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, associate editor Sarah Hill talks with Steven Mirsky, Research Ecologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, about adopting covers with site-specific management, how growers can quantify...

  
• 03.10.2022

  When To Sell Your Used Ag Equipment With BigIron Auction’s Mark Stock

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Mark Stock, co-founder of BigIron Auction Company, explains what to consider when deciding to sell your equipment, his advice for getting it ready for...

  
• 02.17.2022

  Profit From Your Social Media Strategy With The Farm Babe

  In today’s episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Michelle Miller aka the Farm Babe, shares her advice for building your farm’s social media presence, monetizing your social media content and effecting change...

  
• 02.04.2022

  Why Farming Is More Complex Than Rocket Science With Jerry Hatfield

  Jerry Hatfield, the retired director of the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, says farming is not rocket science. Farming, with all of its interactions and inputs, is much more complex than a physics problem. At an event held by...

  
• 01.21.2022

  How Strip-Till Boosted My Yields with Robb Ewoldt

  What would you do if the axle on your strip-till bar snapped in the middle of a field while you were planting? Davenport, Iowa, farmer Robb Ewoldt turned this very problem into an experiment — one that ended up proving...

  
• 01.07.2022

  Biological Farming, Carbon Cycle, Modified Strip-Till Systems & More

  This week, we’re revisiting Strip-Till Farmer’s top 5 most played episodes of 2021 to share highlights from conversations that resonated most with other strip-tillers. Some are even among the most listened to episodes ever since we started this podcast in...

  
• 12.28.2021

  Analyzing & Adjusting Soil PH With UNM’s Daniel Kaiser

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, associate editor Sarah Hill talks with Daniel Kaiser, nutrient management specialist at the University of Minnesota about the range of pH values needed for optimum...

  
• 12.09.2021

  What Strip-Till Has Done For Me With 3 Iowa Farmers

  In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, you’ll meet Iowa farmers Landon Brown (New Providence, Iowa), Chris Blome (Alden, Iowa) and Glen Hodnefield (Radcliffe, Iowa). Landon and Chris are just a few years into strip-tilling, while Glen’s been doing...