Defending the Land Blog

Transitioning to strip-till can be difficult, but for Mike Trom and Brad Spinler, they were able to see a difference in their crops when they used their SoilWarrior.

“The seed doesn’t care what the field looks like from the road. So I decided to make my seed happy, my crop happy and my pocketbook happy with the amount of money I spent on fertility. That’s why I purchased a SoilWarrior®.”

Making an investment in the farm is an investment for the future of the operation. Farm investments often include adding a permanent structure, investing in land, or equipment purchases. Making these types of investments can need to include a financial lender. Finding the right lender for the...

Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) welcomes Jillian Woodall to the team as the 2023 Marketing and Communications intern.

Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) welcomes Nick Kuhlmann back to the team as the 2023 engineering intern.

Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) welcomes Jack Bjerke and Trevor Otterson to the team as the 2023 service interns.

When it comes to strip-tilling with a SoilWarrior on a dairy farm, many think, “that will never work.” Luckily, we have seen how dairy farmers can incorporate a SoilWarrior into their operation and remain sustainable and prosperous.

Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) and its customers are driven to defend the land and lead the charge. It is not surprising that they are finding ways to make the SoilWarrior system more versatile. After all, the business was built around unconventional thinking.

For every farmer, sustainability holds a different meaning. To northern Minnesota sugar beet farmer James Johnstad, his brother Andrew and his father, David, sustainability not only means taking care of their land and resources but also having a farm they will be able to pass on to the next...

Sean Arthur isn’t just a regional sales manager for Environmental Tillage Systems. He’s also a farmer and a big fan of strip-till. He spent several years working in the seed and ag equipment industries before moving back to the farm and adopting strip-tillage to protect his soil and grow his ROI.