--- title: Spring Strip-Till Q & A with Curt Snyder description: SoilWarrior owner Curt Snyder shares his spring strip-tillage and fertility plans. image: https://www.soilwarrior.com/hubfs/Blog_Images/Snyder/Snyder060716.jpg --- [![Soil Warrior | Environmental Tillage Systems](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hubfs/june-2019-theme/site-logo.svg) ](https://www.soilwarrior.com/) Search this site on Google Submit Defending the Land Blog June 1, 2016 # Spring Strip-Till Q & A with Curt Snyder ![Snyder060716.jpg](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Snyder/Snyder060716.jpg?width=245&name=Snyder060716.jpg)With the hustle and bustle of spring tillage and planting behind us, we talked to a few of our SoilWarrior customers across the country to find out how things are shaping up in the field. Curt Snyder, a first-year strip-tiller from Fulton, Illinois, tells us about his experience so far with the SoilWarrior. **Q: What type of tillage were you doing before strip-tillage?** A: Before moving to strip-tillage I was doing an inline rip on a tillage pass and applying fall ammonia with vertical tillage. My vertical tillage acres were 15 bushels per acre higher than conventional tillage in a dry year. **Q: What was your tillage plan in the spring?** A: I did not do spring strip tillage this year. I might try some sandier, lighter ground in the spring in the future. I don’t want to put the compaction out there at that time of year. I put nitrogen on the planter and sidedress the rest. **Q: Will you try anything new this fall with your strip-tillage plan?** A: I will do implement steering this fall and run vertical tillage before strip-till to help corn stalks decompose. **Q: What benefits have you seen from strip-tillage? ** A: It seems like I have a lot less sidewall compaction. I estimate that fuel/labor/equipment savings with strip-till total $90-$100 per acre. **Q: What has been your experience with the SoilWarrior and ETS?** A: I thought the SoilWarrior was heavier than a competitive machine. It’s not the cheapest, but every time I’ve bought a cheap machine I’ve had to buy a new one in a couple years. I wanted to get set up right the first time and go. I just wanted all blades and a heavy machine I didn’t have to weld on all the time. **Q: What tip would you offer to future strip-tillers?** A: Set your rows to RTK the year before going to strip-tillage. 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