Defending the Land Blog

Crops need nutrients but just getting those nutrients in the soil isn’t enough. That’s why agronomists like Peter Johnson believe precise delivery of fertilizer is the best way to combine productivity and stewardship. An agronomist for RealAgriculture, Johnson has devoted his life to agriculture....

SoilWarrior® Helps Farmers Achieve Results with Precision Nutrient Placement Environmental Tillage Systems, Inc. (ETS) is proud to announce our partnership with the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program. The 4R philosophy is an innovative and science-based approach that offers enhanced environmental...

Ben Pederson shares his insight in how he discovered the right recipe for fertilizer placement with the SoilWarrior system. Way back before I implemented the practice of strip-till on my farm, I would day dream of the perfect system. If I could get over the hurdles of my father’s objections,...

Like everything we build at ETS, our HoneyWarrior was born through a love for the land, a desire for progress, and a drive for precise nutrient application. In this case the nutrient taking center stage is good, old-fashioned manure. The HoneyWarrior got its start in 2006 when ETS founder and...

By Ben Pederson It was August 2011, and I was growing restless with our cropping system. Actually, I was past restless and knew what I wanted to do. For 4 or more years, I had researched strip-till as an alternative to the aggressive broadcast tillage we were doing at the time. I hated field...

If you fish, you know that the margin between a full livewell and an empty stringer can be pretty thin. The technology we use with the SoilWarrior ensures that we can put you and your nutrients in the exact right place to be productive and most fully benefit your crops. By working with some of...

In our previous post about getting to know the SoilWarrior, we introduced you to its versatile row units and tough toolbars. This article explores a few more features including cart assemblies and fertilizer systems. While each of these features are not necessarily unique in world of strip-till...

We’ve all heard the saying “work smarter, not harder.” It may be an overused line in the business world, but it does apply to many farming operations where it would be difficult to work much harder. After all, there are a limited number of hands available and only so many hours in the day. But with...