Strip-till Farmer Podcast

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we catch up with first-generation strip-tiller James Hepp in Rockwell City, Iowa. Hepp shares tips for getting into strip-till with a limited budget, reallocating resources toward practices like sap testing and highlights his approach to making strips in both the fall and spring.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we get the inside scoop on the NCGA Yield Contest-Winning plot in Lake City, Iowa. Mark Schleisman and his family swept the strip-till irrigated competition in the Hawkeye State in 2025. Mark won the title with 317 bushels per acre.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we catch up with Brian Herbek for a deep dive into his strip-till nutrient management strategies.

On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we’re headed to Louisville, Ky., for a recap of the National Farm Machinery Show. Managing editor Noah Newman catches up with manufacturers, farmers and agronomists to discuss the latest innovations in strip-till equipment, precision technology and nutrient management!

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Gary Zimmer shares 50 years’ worth of biological farming experience to help strip-tillers examine their nutrient distribution in a new light.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we go 1-on-1 with Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, executive director of the Modern Ag Alliance. Burns-Thompson, a second-generation farmer, says conservation and chemistry go hand in hand.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Jared Fender, senior research specialist at the Univ. of Illinois Crop Physiology Lab, shares new insights from the first full year of a massive strip-till trial.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Bryan Severs, who no-tills non-GMO soybeans and strip-tills corn across 5,000 acres in Potomac, Ill., shares his program for raising high-yielding soybeans.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we sit down with Illinois custom strip-tiller Luke Koffman. Koffman, who started strip-tilling several years ago on his family farm, now helps others implement the practice on thousands of acres and different soil types across Illinois.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, get the scoop on the latest strip-till tools, technology and trends that we uncovered during our recent travels. The Strip-Till Farmer editorial team traveled to several shows and field days this year, from the Commodity Classic to the Farm Progress Show and many farmer clinics in between.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, technology editor Noah Newman sits down with young farmers James Hepp and Joel Reddick for a discussion about their strip-till and no-till systems, and the challenges they face as young farmers.

On this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we’re headed to Basse’s Farms in Colgate, Wis., for Pumpkin Fest 2025! Blake Basse fills us in on the family’s switch to strip-till and cover crops, and the impact it’s having on their world-famous pumpkins.

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.