 | 7/24/2008 An Evening Thunderhead Cloud, July 24thTo the west of our Research Farm near Lexington, Nebraska this sunset was spectacular. |
 | 7/16/2008 Northeast Indiana Growers See 1tRIPr Work in Stubble and Hidden Rocks July 16th, 2008The Daugherty Companies out of Warren, IN demonstrated the versatility and functionality of the 1tRIPr-AR just a few miles south of Warren and west. Strip-tillage is a new concept on how it will function for the corn-soybean farmer and the continuous Corn grower. Daugherty and Orthman Mfg teamed up to demonstrate this tool made with rock protection have succeeded in showing how this machine works in clayey textured soils and rocks/stones the size of rugby balls and larger. |
 | 7/7/2008 Summer Sunset Settles in Central NebraskaAfter a very warm July 4th weekend the Nebraska sunset settles behind the bins to give a signature to the day as done. |
 | 6/24/2008 Orthman Sales Team Takes Strip-Tillage to Sinoloa, MexicoA small team of men from Nebraska hosted by MATCO representatives out of Culiacan, Mexico. We met with growers in the Culiacan region to see how their farming practices and strip-till can benefit them and their methods. We were very well received and numerous growers want to try the strip-till system. White corn is the greatest percentage of the acreage of what they grow in Sinoloa. |
 | 5/21/2008 Planting After Strip-Till In Heavy '07 Wheat Stubble in South Central NebraskaWarren Coulter who works for Orthman is planting grain sorghum into strip-tilled wheat stubble that went 60 bu/acre+. Good start for dryland sorghum in such an environment. |
 | 5/18/2008 NDSU Agronomist Investigates Strip-TillWalt Albus with NDSU checks one of his fields how the corn is emerging placed into a strip-tilled field. NDSU at the Oakes Site is carrying out new research to study how strip-till can be useful to the North Dakotan growers. |
 | 5/4/2008 Applying Manure is Labor Intensive in Corn Fields in RomaniaJ. Colville captures a chore that many of us dispise when cleaning out pens and applying manure. Hauled into piles and then spread with pitchforks manure is a premium for most Romanian farmers. |
 | 4/30/2008 Most Days Can Settle Like This One!A spring sunset on the North Platte River to remember how a day should close and give us a sense of peace. |
 | 4/25/2008 Dealers from South of the Border VisitTwo gentlemen who represent MATCO Catepillar and Challenger came to visit Orthman Manufacturing, Inc April 22-23, 2008. These men were able to see the 1tRIPr in action and Implement guidance by Trimble. |
 | 4/22/2008 Orthman Practices What We PreachSouth of Arapahoe, NE we are practicing the precision fertilizer application, tilling a narrow 9 inch band, disrupting a compacted soil profile in the 2007 65-70bu/ac wheat crop for 2008 dryland corn. Soils are 49-50 degrees F. and will warm up quickly with the exposed tilled area. Soil between the stripped zone is left untouched, keeping residues attached, covering the ground for spring and summer rains to soak in, shade the soils and prevent wind/water erosion. All the while using 1 operation at 1.3 to 1.7gal/acre diesel fuel to prepare the seedbed, fertilize and allow vertical soil disturbance for deeper root growth in this dryland field. |
 | 4/15/2008 Colorado State University Has Great Success at Strip-TillingCSU uses their 1tRIPr for seedbed preparation for crops into a cover crop of clover. This research project is in the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado. |
 | 4/10/2008 STONEHENGEA good friend now passed on sent this to me before he died. Quite a place that has stood before time and thwarted many a man's mind of Why? |
 | 3/27/2008 Good Deal on Old Tractor?A very good friend on her travels in Europe, Hungary and Romania thought this would appeal to some of us. This is an implement dealer in Hungary and his line up of farm machinery. |
 | 3/19/2008 Growers in the Yellowstone River Valley - Do A Taste Test for Strip-Till3/19/2008 NRCS and two Montana Conservation Districts join forces to bring new information from research in strip-till out of the West (Sydney, MT and Colorado) to help sugar beet and corn growers in the Yellowstone valley west of Billings, MT. Our men Doug Peterson and Mike Petersen presented the good news for Orthman. 45+ growers enjoyed a pleasant last day of winter to see and hear what strip-till can do for them. We, Orthman Mfg., and Schlagel demonstrated in this corn field near Laurel, MT. |
 | 3/12/2008 Spring Is In The Air!The Irrigation Research Foundation near Yuma, Colorado held their late winter Ride 'n Drive clinic (3/11/2008) for Orthman Mfg, Inc., CNH/Brothers Equipment, MV Equipment-Yuma, Auto-Farm and Trimble Navigation to show what's new for the 2008 season. In the picture (kneeling) is Doug Peterson with Orthman offering the advantages of what the Orthman 1tRIPr does for fertilizer placement and seedbed preparation. The soil worked up beautifully, but icy cold. Frost is almost all out of the ground. |
 | 2/21/2008 New 1925 Stacker Bar for the 24 Row Market with Planters & CultivatorsOrthman Manufacturing releases a peek at the large toolbar market folks! It is good for the 60 ft. toolbar customer who wants pull-type tools. This cool unit went north of Lexington, Nebraska to Broken Bow for a customer to attach 24-planter units. |
 | 1/7/2008 Red Sundowns Mean What for Tomorrow?In the winter months the sundowns can be rather spectacular across the Plains of Nebraska. This is one of those that bleeds across the cold winter sky as we head west on a highway outside of Broken Bow. |
 | 12/27/2007 Mt.Sneffels Range Shines BrightThis photo from just north of Montrose, Colorado looking southwest to the big mountains in the SW corner of Colorado is a great backdrop for those farmers on the Uncompaghre Plateau and in the valley area of the Gunnison and Uncompaghre Rivers. Even though all of the mountains are shouldered with more white stuff - spring is around the corner. |
 | 12/17/2007 December Cold Sunrise - Santa is Near!Cold morning and Thoughts of What 2008 will Bring! |
 | 12/12/2007 Imagery of A Loving Christmas GiftEven the wildlife have the right idea at this time of the year - Christmas!! |
 | 11/1/2007 Precision Fall Fertilization After Soybeans in OhioMark Foster with Widmer & Associates is precisely applying fertilizers to fit a specific fertility program in the Fostoria, OH area. Trimble guidance and Orthman 1tRIPr working together for this growers 2008 upcoming crop. |
 | 10/20/2007 2007 SunBelt Expo near Moultrie, GA is a HitThousands of visitors came to see the 1,000+ vendors goods. Country music was played by several live groups, good food offered to all. New items were exposed from lawn mowers to the new cotton harvestors by John Deere and Case-IH. Some in-field demonstrations caught the eye of folks. |
 | 10/3/2007 Delta Strip-Tilling As a Fall Sun Sets - October 3rd, 2007A beautiful evening glow of the sun setting backlights a tractor. Located in the Delta of Arkansas we were finishing up a day of strip-tilling and precision placing of fertilizer for the 2008 crop. The Orthman 1tRIPr guided by Trimble RTK Implement guidance is making a great difference for precison farming in heavy 2007 corn residue. |
 | 9/29/2007 North Dakota Badlands - A Marvelous Fall Day!Traveling to and from Dickinson, ND to eastern Montana to present information to growers in the Yellowstone Valley allowed this picture to be taken from a trail in T. Roosevelt Nat'l Park. A place that the young man of the Rough Riders enjoyed greatly. This fall day (9/28) offered a glance in that beauty. |
 | 9/21/2007 Orthman Organizes a Successful Strip-Till Field EventNear the two soil pits used for in-field education and demonstration for what is happening with the OMI Tillage Study; Mike Petersen with Orthman on the right and Rich Peters with Channel Bio discuss their findings. Over 130 bonafide growers came 9/14/2007 to Lexington, Nebraska to see and hear what is new and changing the face of advanced agriculture. |
 | 9/14/2007 Orthman Ready for Strip-Till Field DayCase-IH combine with 8 row header harvests 97 day corn so Orthman Mfg. can demonstrate the versatility of 1tRIPr tool right after harvest. |
 | 9/6/2007 California Farmer Get's Top Performance with Strip-TillLast of August this year Tom Barcellos stands to make some great corn with conservation tillage (strip-tillage). He says it grows some tall corn. |
 | 9/1/2007 Orthman's New Atlas Cart w/1tRIPrThis is the brand new twin 500 gallon liquid Atlas Lifting Cart with an 8 row folding 1tRIPr that will be debuted at 2007 Husker Harvest Days. Come by the Orthman lot and talk to the Orthman Team about its features and possibilities on your farm. |
 | 8/30/2007 Farm Progress 2007 - Decatur, Illinois2007 Farm Progress Show wrapped up today (8/30/07) with a great three day show and so much to see. A couple days were a little on the extra warm side but the amount of new technology for growers to learn about was phenomenal. The field demonstrations were much of what growers wanted to see, strip-till was so well visited that we run out of area to see tools pull through the field. Many new items were revealed to the public at 2007 Farm Progress. Secretary of Ag Johanns stopped by and other dignataries. Next year - Boone, Iowa. |
 | 8/23/2007 Beauty of Oregon CoastWhen an evening comes to rest the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean in peace. |
 | 8/8/2007 Kunau, Orthman and Trimble Navigation Team up well!A good crowd of farmers came and went during the August 2nd event just east of DeWitt, Iowa to see how the Trimble GPS implement guidance on the Orthman 1tRIPr strip-till tool. Farmers could drive tractors, combines, spray rigs with GPS guidance and they heard about the real benefits of precision tillage and placed fertility for growing corn in Iowa. |
 | 7/31/2007 Mid-West Strip-Till Expo, Waterloo, IowaThe multi-state sponsored Strip-Till Exposition was a grand success. Over 400 growers from 5 states drove into Waterloo to see and hear about Strip-Till as an answer to minimizing input costs, improving soil health, and farming with the best technology out there. |
 | 7/28/2007 From 27000 ft. Kansas Thunderstorm is Awe InspiringFeeling fortunate to fly around this powerful storm over Eastern Kansas and yet capture the awesome beauty from this massive Cumulus nimbus cloud is for you to enjoy also. |
 | 7/18/2007 Americana ThrivesDaugherty's in northern Indiana strut their stuff in a Fourth of July parade. |
 | 7/16/2007 67 inches Tall at 45 days after emergencePlanted May 17,2007 This Strip-Tilled corn is up, up'n Away at the Orthman Research fields. Fertility was precisely placed in the till zone beneath the seed to best feed the crop. Strip-till corn was averaging 71 inches compared to conventionally tilled corn at 49 inches the week of July 13th, 2007 |
 | 7/5/2007 Central Nebraska Pot-a-Gold - Bin full of Corn?As today's agriculture sees corn as a golden elixir for cars, trucks and vans to keep moving powered by ethanol; this big bin is one key to the entire puzzle. There is always a promise for the good under the rainbow. |
 | 7/3/2007 July 29th Tillage Comparison Trials Near Lexington, NebraskaOrthman trials are studying traits with two prominent seed companies and how they respond to conventional tillage and strip-tillage for 2007. In the foreground the conventional tillage corn is shorter and a little 'N' deficient compared to the strip-tilled corn which is in the background. Our fertilizer program is working and the corn will be fine. |
 | 6/27/2007 Sun setting over Elm Creek, NEThe day of June 26th comes to a close in a red burning ball on the western horizon over a small town in the Platte River Valley of Nebraska. |
 | 6/22/2007 Side-by-Side Comparison of Tillage Plots at Orthman Farm -- June 18th, 2007 on left is Conventional, on right Strip-TillOur plots are coming right along. Two days prior to photo, sprayed with Glyphosate product w/ Thiosulfate to accelerate weed control. Slight burn! Early next week we are measuring roots for 25-30 day root growth. |
 | 6/12/2007 Orthman Research Plots - Excellent Stand & EmergenceAt the Orthman Farm our plots comparing four different varieties from two prominent Corn Hybrid companies in two tillage systems are up and growing fast. |
 | 6/8/2007 Texas Blackland Soils - Strip-Till Improves PorosityThe cooperative study with Orthman, Texas A&M, and USDA-NRCS at the Stiles Research Farm - in Central Texas is taking a close-up and personal look at the soil to make measurements on soil porosity. Strip-Till, No-Till and Conventional tillage methods are being monitored for three years. |
 | 5/31/2007 Orthman Research Plot Work - It has begun!Planted on May 17th after innumerable inches of rain, clouds and nervously waiting for the ground to dry the Orthman guys have corn emerging. This year along with a 11 company variety trial showing some of their best numbers, Orthman is carrying out a tillage study with two Seed-Hybrid Companies studying effects of tillage on root distribution, physiology differences, yield and handling of rootworm pressures. |
 | 5/23/2007 Red Sky at Night - Sailors DelightCaptured a true Colorado sundown across the Pawnee Grasslands near New Raymer, Colorado, May 22, 2007. |
 | 5/15/2007 Orthman Research Farm - Strip-Till w/Trimble GuidanceAdjacent to the Lexington North Plant is the newly organized research field/farm for Orthman Manufacturing. After the very wet spring, Orthman is in full swing strip-tilling utilizing Precision guidance and precise placement of fertility. Studies similar to what Orthman has been conducting at the Irrigation Research Foundation about 3 hours further west in Colorado are under way. Using Trimble implement steering tools at the RTK level of accuracy is part of the program. |
 | 5/12/2007 11 inches of Rain - Aberdeen, So.Dak Area Early May 2007This makes one wonder if Noah's Ark is necessary. |
 | 5/6/2007 Strip-Till Is Working Even in This Rainy SpellPlacing liquid fertilizer with a 1-tRIPr near Arapahoe, Nebraska for the first time allows this grower to avoid some potential compaction. |
 | 4/24/2007 Montrose, Colorado farmer goes into second year of Strip-TillMr. Meaker used the Strip-Till system in 2006 to harvest a great crop. With his addition of making the Orthman 1-tRIPr tool a true one-pass operation in 2007, he eagerly awaits the soil temperature to allow him to go. Last year his fuel savings and yield boost in silage and corn grain has he and his wife in high hopes. |
 | 4/20/2007 Irrigation Research Foundation - Ready to See What HappensCharles Corey and staff finished getting all the IRF ready for planting with the strip-till rigs. Now we wait for the soil temperature to warm up enough to plant corn. Soil temps must be 52-54 degrees for corn to germinate and begin the cycle. With the very moist conditions and cold soil, planted too early the seed coat will imbibe moisture and the seed coat would rupture and potentially rot because the roots or small plant will not grow at soil temperatures below 50. Let us all be smart and give the soil a chance to warm up. |
 | 4/9/2007 Sunset in Western Nebraska - A Warm GlowThis sunset reminds us that spring time is really coming and summer is around the corner. Orange and warmth of a summer evening eminates from this photo. |
 | 4/6/2007 Learn a Little About Bacteria in a New Article SeriesThis little microscopic creature lives with millions of it's buddies doing good for the plant root rhizosphere. In strip-till it all happens for you and the seeds you are about to plant. |
 | 4/3/2007 Broken Bow, Nebraska Sunday 4/01/07 - Terrible Fire DestroysThe buildings in the downtown Square area caught fire from unknown cause at this time, became a four alarm fire with numerous fire departments from surrounding communities called to help. Folks are saddened to see a landmark and their town damaged so badly with this tragedy. Our prayers are with them. |
 | 4/2/2007 New Ethanol Plant in the Works - Yuma, ColoradoThe steady changes in the ag landscape offers another Ethanol Distillation Plant to be in production late 2007 for the western Corn Belt. This one is being built just east of Yuma, Colorado on the High Plains in the heart of Colorado's corn county. |
 | 3/26/2007 Irrigation Research Farm Ride'N Drive Day 3/26/2007The Irrigation Research Foundation teamed with Trimble, Red Hen Systems, AutoFarm, Case-IH, John Deere, Orthman, and Agri-Inject to offer area growers in Eastern Colorado and Western Nebraska hands-on experience with precision tillage and guidance at the RTK level. The day was a success even after a weekend of beautiful rain. |
 | 3/17/2007 Rapid Snow Melt - Streams Overflow with RunoffAs mid-March gave way to 60 degree weather, the snow melted equally as fast. Runoff has been prolific and streams are swollen. Signs of fields barren of residue? Combination of saturation and frozen ground? Something growers can minimize - yes/no? |
 | 3/15/2007 Winter is starting to leave the Northern Corn Belt - FINALLY!After winters harsh grasp, ice and slick roads and long days standing at the window wishing for spring... there is melting and water and mud! |
 | 3/1/2007 Orthman 1-tRIPr Strip-Till in the DeltaIn the Delta, Orthman Mfg., Inc and Taylor Farms are joining efforts to study the season of corn following 2006 cotton near Helena, Arkansas. A triticale cover crop was drilled into the furrows for erosion protection. Mr. Taylor is placing fertilizer in two locations below where the seed will be planted with the 1tRIPr to precisely feed the forthcoming corn crop in a supplemental irrigated field. |
 | 2/26/2007 Mycorrhizal Fungi - Small Plants of the Root ZoneMycorrhizae have been part of the rhizosphere for millions of years and now soil ecologists and mycologists are determining the real benefits of these fungi. |
 | 2/10/2007 Winter Frost & Fog - It's Beautiful!With the recent cold air inversions and fog, the fog creates a coating of hoare frost on the trees. Up close one can see delicate ice crystals on the needles. Winter can look dreary with thick fog and gray skies, but the trees dance with intricate beauty. |
 | 2/7/2007 If this Old Prairie School Could TalkLocated in northeastern Colorado this old school housed children of the 1920's to the 1950's. Sitting on a quiet short grass prairie site on a summer day it caught my eye,so to save a little bit of the past the shutter went click. |
 | 1/31/2007 Hallett Peak - Calendar PerfectThe world above timberline may differ greatly from the plains and row crops and here is gorgeous proof to lift the spirits of those tired of dirty snow. |
 | 1/17/2007 From 20,000 ft. Looking Towards the Front Range & Palmer Divide are Very White --- January 17th, 2007The big snows of 2006-07 may last way into April. After nearly 8 years the country is welcoming the moisture these snows have left. Who knows there may be spring flowers? |
 | 1/15/2007 New Year 2007 - Ice StormsThe ice storms of late 2006 and first few days of 2007 were tough on more than just fences. In some places in the Southern Great Plains, moisture with the storms topped 4 inches. This will be great for the winter wheat and rangelands. |
 | 1/7/2007 Blizzards of 2006 Change Wildlifes PerspectiveAt a office in the Golden, Colorado area a good friend of mine snapped this photo of a Mule Deer interested in what was up with those two legged critters in the window. |
 | 1/4/2007 Final Days of 2006 Delivers a Blizzard to Central NebraskaEven after the nasty ice, howling winds and lost power the sunsets with beauty to remind us there is hope in tomorrow. |
 | 12/27/2006 Days Warmer & Prior to Blizzards of December 2006Morning sunrays greet participants like Mike Petersen and riding partner Jon (foreground) of the Moab Century as they climbed higher and higher into the Manti LaSal mountains east of Moab, Utah. Near 3,000 started and just under 1,000 finished the ride first weekend in October, the crux - the "Big Nasty" a hill approaching 15% grade. And yes, we finished. |
 | 12/17/2006 Western Corn Belt - Post Harvest Stalks GrazedNumerous cattlemen and farmers arrange for stalks to be grazed with temporary electric fencing for a period of 10 to 90 days. This is a common scene for westerners to see steers, heifers or older cows wandering pivot fields gleaning corn. Strip-tillage systems function well in this approach growers use. |
 | 12/8/2006 Texas Plant Protection Conference - December 5&6th, 2006Some interesting facts about cotton and its growth, acreage in the South, how growers are seeing some gaining trends in yield due to breeding were shared. At the Hilton Hotel in downtown College Station, Texas the Texas Plant Protection Association put on a great meeting for folks to hear some of the new breeding, weed control issues, disease and pest controls, climate outlook and water management concepts. Did you know that cotton likes to grow best at 79 degrees F.? We at Orthman offered a 30 minute presentation on the advantages of strip-till in irrigated corn and cotton production. Afterwards, good questions came fast and furious. |
 | 11/25/2006 Wet Conditions in Central Indiana - 1tRIPr Goes Through It!!Farmers are trying out the Orthman strip-till implement (1tRIPr)in some pretty wet conditions in a late afternoon demo. Running in heavy wheat stubble just prior to Thanksgiving 2006. |
 | 11/20/2006 Colorado Sunrise Can Be InspiringColorado has some of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets to catch ones breath - this one was no different when temperatures hovered around 15 above. |
 | 11/12/2006 Post-Harvest Root Studies Yield Tons of Information -- Nov. 2006Field agronomist for Servi-Tech in NE Colorado explores how roots were fed in deep placed phosphorus zone. This information offers producers a better understanding of how corn-on-corn needs a more managed fertilization program. |
 | 11/7/2006 Evening on a Dusty Road at HarvestCentral Nebraska is in full swing to cut corn and get it to market. A serene scene driving down a road in the Platte River Valley of Nebraska. |
 | 11/2/2006 The 1tRIP-AR Works in Far Eastern Indiana --- November 2, 2006In association with Smith's Implement in Richmond, IN the 1tRIP-AR ran in wet conditions and rocks. Here as you look closely the row unit on the right is tripping due to rocks. |
 | 10/19/2006 A new trend in Luxury Cars?In the Central Valley of California we were impressed that luxury sedans are getting a higher profile to be better seen maybe? Or are we looking at the next way to pull a Strip-Till implement? |
 | 8/30/2006 August 29th in Idaho - Pioneer Hosts Field Day with Strip-TillPioneer Seeds hosted a field day to share the 20+ varieties test just west of Jerome, Idaho for the 50+ dairy farmers in the area. Here growers are listening to Tillage Agronomist Mike Petersen, Orthman Mfg.Inc discuss the wise system approach to growing irrigated silage corn in the Snake River area. |
 | 8/24/2006 Root Study - Eastern Colorado YieldGard Corn It's EffectsThe newer trait of YieldGard+ in corn is showing great promise in fighting corn rootworm of the irrigated fields of the Western Corn Belt. Here a young agronomist with Monsanto is making root measurements to determine the effects earlier larvae damage was to the entire rooting system. With strip-till the corn's root environment has a fighting chance to get going early in the spring and with varieties expressing a protein that will kill young rootworm larvae, farmers have a chance to fight the insects. We are observing root depth improved by 7 to 22% when farmers plant YieldGard corn hybrids. |
 | 8/18/2006 Sunflower Muppets Come to IRFThese happy go lucky guys kept showing up in a variety of places at the 2006 Irrigation Research Foundation summertime Farm Show. |
 | 8/16/2006 2006 IRF FARM SHOW Aug. 16, 2006From a cool, cloudy morning to hot and muggy afternoon the Strip-Till System Educational Seminar and field trials can help irrigated growers improve their bottomline. The on-going GPS guided corn research with Orthman/Monsanto/IRF and John Deere is making some dramatic points to seeing how strip-till and fertilizer placement has their irrigated field sized plots hummin'. Today the Farm Show had much of the field items directly involved with the Strip-Till and Limited water study. There were about 195 people listening to the program offered by Deere crop systems specialist, Yancy Wright from Hayes, KS, Jeff Tichota, TDM for Monsanto from Centennial, CO and Mike Petersen, with Orthman Agronomist from Greeley, CO all pitched in to put on a show and set of talks. |
 | 8/11/2006 RTK Precision Tillage & Fertility Placement Study - August 11th, 2006In a joint effort at the Irrigation Research Foundation farm near Yuma, Colorado John Deere and Orthman earlier this year began a precision placement study. This replicated study is to observe the value of making sure seed placement and the banding of fertilizer makes sense and the validity of sub-inch accuracy from year to year has merit. Here Yancy Wright, Deere's Crop Systems Specialist explains to a regional Garst Seed Co. event the study with the Orthman 1tRIPr. |
 | 8/8/2006 Deficit Irrigation is a Real IssueThe researchers at IRF are on-purpose limiting water via irrigation to gain data and experience what occurs when growers have shortages to a crop in the High Plains. |
 | 7/28/2006 SW Minnesota Extension Service Exposes Growers to Strip-TillBetween the two locations, Lamberton and Waseca, Minnesota over 375 growers heard several speakers offer information about Strip-Till methods and saw several strip-till tools demonstrated in small grain stubble. The 1tRIPr unit of Orthman Mfg. gave a great showing in the heavy textured soils at both sites. The team of Mark Griffith, Warren Coulter and Mike Petersen-Agronomist all three spoke until they were near hoarse to the crowds. Growers in southern Minnesota are excited about what may be the potential of this way of farming row-crops. |
 | 7/26/2006 SW Minnesota Extension Service Strip-Till Field daysFirst morning (7/25/06) near Lamberton, MN before the showers came. Orthmans 1-tRIPr shows well! |
 | 7/20/2006 Strip-Till in 2006 Growing Corn at Channel-BioOrthman and Channel-Bio Corp. join forces to demonstrate how 1tRIPr works in high residue |
 | 7/20/2006 Long Necked heron enjoys strip-till beetsGreat Blue Heron checks out Strip-Till Success |
 | 5/30/2006 Rootstudy2Irrigation Research Foundation - Yuma, Colorado. Notice how the water puddles bad in the adjacent conventionally tilled ground on left side of image compared to much less of puddling condition in strip-till area on the right. |
 | 5/30/2006 Rootstudy1Yuma, CO - Irrigation Research Foundation. Continuous strip-tilled corn with Orthman 1tRIPr into 220+ bushel/acre corn. |
 | 5/16/2006 Hirai2Mike Petersen, Orthman Precision Tillage Agronomist explains the use of the new 1tRIPAR how it works in hidden rock country, and for this triticale stubble condition to become silage corn for dairy operations near Wendell, ID. |
 | 5/16/2006 Hirai1Near Wendell, Idaho. Newly harvested on irrigated pivot field of triticale for dairy haylage. New Orthman 1tRIPAR used to prepare the seedbed in one pass prior to planting silage corn. Grower expects to save fuel, time, labor, wear & tear on machinery and plant corn sooner. |
 | 5/3/2006 Offset1At Yuma, CO - Irrigation Research Foundation. Emerging corn in RTK Guidance Study. Seed was planted accurately into strip-tilled zone by 1tRIPr with sub-inch accuracy to monitor corn roots and plant health. This image depicts emerging crop when "dead-on" with RTK guidance. |
 | 5/3/2006 Offset3At Yuma, CO - Irrigation Research Foundation. Blank stake shows where the center of the strip-till zone exists and 4 inch stake shows where the corn emerged when planted off center by 4 inches. |
 | 5/3/2006 Offset5At Yuma, CO - Irrigation Research Foundation. Blank stake shows where the center of the strip-till zone exists and 8 inch stake shows where the corn emerged when planted off center by 8 inches. |
 | 4/20/2006 plant_4in_offsetPlanting corn with John Deere crop systems specialist Yancy Wright at the wheel. Planting corn with sub-inch accurate GPS. This is part of study where we are to be planting 4 inches offcenter of where we strip-tilled 1 month earlier. |
 | 3/25/2006 9420T_1tRIPr3Near Wallace, NE Franklin Farms working with their properly set up new 12row-30inch 1tRIPr for the first time in irrigated continuous corn. Tractor employs the John Deere RTK Guidance system for accuracy and efficiency of farming operations and fertilizer placement. |
 | 3/25/2006 9420T_1tRIPrNear Wallace, NE Franklin Farms working with their properly set up new 12row-30inch 1tRIPr for the first time in irrigated continuous corn. |
 | 3/25/2006 9420T_1tRIPr2Near Wallace, NE Franklin Farms working with their properly set up new 12row-30inch 1tRIPr for the first time in irrigated continuous corn. Tractor employs the John Deere RTK Guidance system for accuracy and efficiency of farming operations and fertilizer placement. |
 | 3/20/2006 1tRIPr_2Placing fertility at Irrigation Research Foundation-Yuma, CO. Orthman 1tRIPr 8 row-30inch unit is only tillage tool used for this 3 year study. |
 | 3/20/2006 1tRIPr_1New 3 year study at Irrigation Research Foundation-Yuma, Colorado. Orthman-John Deere-Monsanto Project to monitor agronomics of corn root development, inputs, and yield. RTK Guidance is sub-inch for seed and fertility placement. |
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