In the Des Moines area, Doug Carter and his family started trying no-till about fifteen years ago on everything except corn-on-corn ... spending $500-or-so per row on planter attachments.

Strip-till: Build a good strip in the fall. 2. Leveling your planter is no longer a once-per-season job. A level planter is critical to the closing wheels, row cleaners or coulters, down pressure ...