Strip-till Farmer Podcast

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, mulch-till, ridge-till irrigated class with nearly 391 bushels per acre. He also broke the state’s strip-till, irrigated corn yield record that same year.

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 a strip-till system.

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 and how he uses his mechanical background to help trouble-shoot issues in the field.

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.

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 his area to switch from conventional to conservation tillage in 2000. He farms about 1,800 acres, primarily growing feed for his dairy operation. Listen in as Barcellos shares his nutrient management plan, equipment choices and lessons learned from 20 years of strip-tilling. He also talks about the challenges of farming in California and how strip-till has helped deal with skyrocketing fuel costs, water regulations and labor challenges.

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 his sons work the family farm, and more.

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.

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, break down the basics of SIMPAS technology and why strip-tillers are excited about it.

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 conditions and share tips on what to do in the fall to set yourself up for success in the spring.

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 for high seed prices in 2023, plus gives us his analysis of the potash, nitrogen and broader fertilizer markets.

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 commitment to educating other farmers about strip-till — make Ryberg a deserving winner of the 2022 Strip-Till Innovator Award. In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, meet the 2022 Strip-Till Innovator Award winner Brian Ryberg and learn about his award-winning practices.

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, what farmers can expect from Radicle Agronomics and much more.

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 health and much more.

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 a clover polyculture work for cash crops and much more.

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 to apply nutrients, how to determine if you should band vs. broadcast and much more.

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 and the physics of thunderstorms to increase his yield potential and ROI without increasing inputs.

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 what you can do to deal with compaction in your fields, improve your soil health, make money on soil-saving practices and much more.

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, what those groups need to do to combat the myths surrounding sustainable agriculture and more.

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 with corn, explains why he doesn’t believe in fall fertilizer and much more.

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 podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture.