Satisfactory Crop Residue Management Is a Key for the Carlquists of Southern Idaho By Don Lilleboe Doug and Melanie Carlquist were among a sizable contingent of Idaho sugarbeet producers who attended ...

Unverferth expands its tillage lineup with the Raptor strip-tillage tool. Raptor is built with TerrainPro row units for independent depth control. The Raptor lineup is available in models including: ...

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 ...

John Deere, Olathe, Kansas, has introduced a new series of strip-till equipment to help farmers till where it matters most. The new series includes a pair of integral models, and three drawn models, ...

For approximately 65% of farmers across the U.S., conventional or minimum-tillage practices are part of their management strategy. With that in mind, John Deere introduces the ST series of strip-till ...

Though 2011 will be just his third year producing sugarbeets under a strip-till system, Chris Guza has already implemented some big changes. First, he has replaced his original strip-till unit — a ...

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 ...

In their quest to improve soil health and better adapt to changeable conditions, Lincolnshire growers Matthew and Richard Fisher have invested in an elaborate custom-built strip-till drill. The ...

DIETRICH - Acey Shaw admits he had grown to dislike the sugar beets in his rotation. From planting through mid-summer, beets have to be cared for: irrigating, cultivating and spraying. But Shaw is ...

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. Farmers attending the Aug.

You could call Dean Sponheim an accidental conservationist. Well, at least initially, anyway. In 1999, Sponheim was frustrated that every year he had to replant a big chunk of a field that wasn't well ...