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2006 Strip-Tillage Expo: Tillage for Today & Tomorrow

Over 600 farmers and agricultural professionals participated in field demonstrations and education sessions at the July Strip-Tillage Expos held at the UM Research and Outreach Centers at Lamberton and Waseca. The nine strip-tillage implements may have been the largest collection ever run side-by-side. Attendance was strong at the education sessions on comparative yield response, soil fertility management, and guidance systems for strip-tillage. Of special interest was the noon panel of experienced strip-tillage farmers, who answered in-depth management questions. With the recent rise in fuel and fertilizer prices, farmers are attracted by the potential fuel savings and lower banded phosphorus and potassium fertilizer rates that strip-tillage offers. The Expos were capstone events following two years of on-farm conservation tillage trials and demonstrations. The project was facilitated by an EPA-funded and MPCA-managed 319 grant through the UM Water Resources Center, and was carried out by UM Extension and Experiment Station staff in collaboration with staff of the Monsanto Company.

For more information contact:

Jodi DeJong-Hughes, Extension Educator and project coordinator, 507-337-2816, dejon003@umn.edu

Les Everett, UM Water Resources Center, project administration, 612-625-6751, evere003@umn.edu