Strip-till Farmer Podcast

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, editor Jack Zemlicka travelled out to Kent, IL, to talk with strip-till farmer and precision dealership operator Seth Wenzel as he entered the early stage of corn planting.

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, Brandon Hunnicutt shares his experiences of utilizing strip-till in an irrigated cropping system on his family's 2,600-acre operation near Giltner, Neb. and how to define the perfect seedbed in a strip-till system.

In today’s Strip-Till Farmer podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, Buffalo Lake, Minn., farmer Brian Ryberg shares his approach to residue management in narrow-row strip-till along with the cost savings, input efficiency and equipment setups he’s utilized in his system.

In today’s podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, equipment technician Matt Miller shares his first-hand experience strip-tilling and also supporting farm customers at Butler Ag Equipment where he improves efficiency with strip-till equipment – front to back.

In this podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, retired USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agronomist Brian Goggin, shares his experience heading up the strip-till overseas initiative to include some of the results, challenges and future opportunities.

At the recent National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, we sat down with a combination of farmers and manufacturers to discuss their priorities ahead of the planting season. Today we're sharing a selection of these conversations and the valuable insight gained from these knowledgeable sources.

This week we're joined by 20 year veteran strip-tiller and owner of JBI Enterprises, Jerry Baysinger where we will discuss seed placement strategies, nutrient management and other practices that have led to his continuing success.

This week we're pleased to share excerpts from Dr. Abbey Wick’s conversation with Tony Kramer on the RDO Equipment Co. Agriculture Technology Podcast. Tony and Abbey discuss defining soil health, cover cropping strategies, and the value of strip-till to retain moisture and size residue.

This week we're joined by Lowpoint, Illinois farmer, Todd Mooberry, offers some tips and equipment strategies to help minimize erosion concerns on rolling ground, better time fertilizer application and utilize cover crops in strip-till.

This week we're joined by Dresden, Ontario farmer, Mark Richards, who has adopted and adapted precision farming strategies, including implement guidance, interseeding technology and data analysis on his 3,000-acre corn, soybeans, sugarbeet and wheat operation.

This week we're joined by Nickerson, Neb., farmers Kirk Brand and Brent Willnerd, who discuss the hard learned lessons they've experienced following their adoption of strip-till on their combined operation four years ago.

This week we welcome Lakefield, Minn., farmer Jerry Ackermann to share how his evolving cover cropping methods have accelerated water infiltration and reduced reliance on herbicide application.

This week we welcome CEO of Dawn Equipment, Jim Bassett. With more than 30 years of experience designing, modifying and using planting systems, Jim understands that planters are the most important piece of equipment on the farm.

This week we welcome strip-tiller Dustin Mulock to discuss how his extensive experimentation with equipment setups helped him to find the optimal operating speed and performance of his strip-till rig.

This week we welcome strip-tiller Mike Verdonck to share how he adopted a constant cover cropping system to accelerate soil recovery after harvesting cash crops as well as some of the soil rehabilitative benefits of combining cover crops and strip-till.

This week we welcome strip-tiller Trent Sanderson to share his calculated approach to understanding the real ROI of his strip-till system by evaluating profit and loss on every acre.

During the 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference in Omaha, we assembled a diverse group of farmers for an insightful dinner conversation. We'll continue our dinner conversation, starting with some insight on influential factors in making precision farming purchases.

In our 25th episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NovAtel, we're joined by 4th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference attendees Kerry and Angela Knuth, Jeff Reints and Tim Leisner to discuss precision objectives and early payback in their strip-till systems.

In our 24nd episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NovAtel, Dr. Joel Gruver, professor of Soil Science and Sustainable Agriculture in the School of Agriculture at Western Illinois University, shares some of the key takeaways from his on-farm collaboration with farmers on how they’ve utilized cover crops as a systematic puzzle piece.

In our 23nd episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NovAtel, John Fulton, biological engineering professor at Ohio State University, analyzes the current adoption rates of precision technology on North American farms, along with the greatest potential to expand application of farm data to improve on-farm management and decision making.