Strip Till Farmers Panel High Plains NoTill Conference

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Strip Till Farmers PanelHigh Plains No-Till
Conference

• Craig A. Barnette
• Evergreen Agri Management

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• Evergreen Agri Management
• Located in Bridgeport, NE
• Is An Affiliate Of 21st Century Equipment Inc
• Providing The Most Complete Professional
  Agricultural Services In Western Nebraska

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• Custom Farming
• Farm Management
• Real Estate Sales Service

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• Plant App 1600 Ac Of Sugar beets Corn Dry
  Edible Beans
• All Types Of Field Conditions
• Primarily Utilize Two 8-Row Orthman 1-tRIPrs With
  JD Planters With Auto Trac Guidance System
• All Farming Operations Except Spraying and Harvest

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Orthman 1-tRIPr
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An English Lesson

• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• Why
• How

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Who Uses Strip Till

• Varies From Small To Large Producers
• Those Looking To Conserve Water, Time, And Money
• Growers Who Want Primary Tillage And Or
  Fertilizer Placement Without Sacrificing Their
  Residue

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What is Strip Till

• Primary Tillage Fertilizer Placement With
  Minimal Disturbance To The Field
• Two Pass Operation
• Single Pass Operation With The Planter Attached

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Where Strip Till Works

• Multiple Previous Crops Corn Beans Wheat
  Alfalfa
• Sandy Soil
• Hard Soil
• Limited Irrigation

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Where Weve Had Trouble

• Wet / Heavy Soil
• Fields With A Lot Of Kochia / Russian Thistle
• Fields With Rocks / Buried Debris

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When Does Strip Till Work

• We Perform All Of Our Applications In The Spring
• Two Pass Operators Are Starting In March Or Early
  April
• When Your Looking To Save Costs

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Why Use Strip Till

• It Provides An Economical Solution To Varying
  Problems
• Maintains Your Residue
• Builds Your Soil

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Residue Soil Building
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How We Strip Till

• Typically Plant At A 15 40 Degree Angle From
  The Old Corn Rows
• On The 1-tRIPr We Run Our Cut-Out Discs App 2
  Deep, Our Mole Shank 9-10 Deep, And Our Wavy
  Coulter Discs App 2 Deep

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How We Strip Till

• We Use A Piston Pump With Two Distributors (1
  planter) (1 1-tRIPr) Utilize A Red Ball System
• We Can Put On Up To 26 Gal Of Starter Fertilizer
  60 With The Mole Shank At 5-6 And 40 2X2 With
  The Planter

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How We Strip TillEquipment

• JD 8420 Tractors With Auto Trac (SF2)
• 250 300 Gallon Saddle Tanks
• 8 Row Orthman 1-tRIPr
• JD 1700 Planter

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How We Strip TillTiming Costs

• Plant 70 90 Acres Per Machine / Day
• Start Corn Planting April 21
• Burn App 60 80 Gal Fuel / Mach / Day
• Charge 31 / Acre 5 Mile Freight

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• Craig A. Barnette
• Operations Manager
• Rt. 1 Box 61
• Bridgeport, NE 69336
• 308-262-1226
• cbarnette_at_21stcenturyequip.com