Craig Dick, VP of sales and marketing for Phospholutions, showcases the company’s new RhizoSorb 8-39-0, billed as the next generation of phosphate fertilizer. Dick explains why the fertilizer is 50% more efficient than traditional MAP or DAP and how it can deliver $20 per acre in ROI.

Andy Unverferth provides a first look at Unverferth’s new TerrainPro2 row units for Raptor strip-till models 2130 and 2115.

Check out Black Eagle Ag’s new 40-foot, 16-row narrow transport strip-till bar, which was designed by a strip-tiller in Australia to be resilient in the toughest soil conditions.

Jonathan Spence of Schlagel Manufacturing and Leesburg, Ga., strip-tiller Alex Harrell sit down with technology editor Noah Newman in this exclusive interview from the 2024 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.

Roger Murdock, director of sales & marketing for Montag Manufacturing, took some time to show me one of the company’s newest cover crop innovations. Check out this clip of Murdock talking about the key features of Montag’s Cover Crop Plus and what makes it ideal for planting cover crops of all different species, especially those with smaller seeds.

Gary Zimmer, a grower in Spring Green, Wis., who some refer to as the “father of biological farming,” hosted a field day on his farm over the summer and explained why soil fertility has to involve the exchange of nutrients in a carbon biological cycle. According to Zimmer, too many farmers simply lay fertilizer on top of their land and fail to connect their nutrients to a carbon source. Here is Gary talking about his unique approach to cover crops and how they help with soil fertility on his farm.

Jim Stute, an independent research agronomist and farmer member of the watershed protection committee of Racine County in Wisconsin, is helping to lead a long-term comparison of conventional tillage vs. no-till and cover crops. After just 1 year, the study still has a long way to go, but initially, Stute is seeing a 26.3 bushel per acre yield advantage with conventional. And most importantly, Stute says what he thinks they can do next year to shift those results.

Today we’re talking with Jeff Schluckbier, who grows corn, sugar beets and wheat in Tuscola County, Mich. Jeff uses sunflowers, radish, clover, oats, cereal rye and Austrian winter peas. He says cover crops are paying off big time in his 7,500-acre operation, especially during heavy rainfall events.

In this episode of Conservation Ag Update, we head to Frankenmuth, Mich., for the Conservation Technology Information Center’s 16th annual Conservation in Action Tour. New CTIC executive director Ryan Heiniger makes several big announcements, including a noteworthy surprise for a no-till legend.  This episode of Conservation Ag Update is brought to you by Yokohama Off-Highway Tires.