Defending the Land Blog

Nearly every farm has a machine (and or person)dedicated to picking rocks, whether it be a pull-type rock picker, a homemade self-propelled rock picker, or a rock bucket mounted on a front loader or skid steer. Rock picking is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and finding someone who has the time...

Jump into the world of SoilWarrior and uncover the most frequently asked questions surrounding strip-till and your farm.

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.

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.

The SoilWarrior is known for setting the standard for in-field performance, machine durability, and ease of operation. Creating an ideal seedbed for planting, applying fertilizer, and enhancing soil productivity and farm profitability is a key benefit of the SoilWarrior. Members of the ETS team...

Equipment is one of the largest investments for farm operations, making it both an exciting and stressful purchase. This is especially true when it’s a new machine, involves learning new technology, or facilitates a change in farming practices. Farmers want to know they’re getting equipment that’s...

When most farmers think about the SoilWarrior system, terms like strip-till, fertilizer placement, soil health and heavy-duty construction probably come to mind. Not many may think about it as a way to apply cover crops or plant soybeans, but that’s just what some SoilWarrior owners are doing.

2020 was anything but typical. But for farmers who got an early start on planting, managed to navigate extreme weather and put down the right fertility, it turned out pretty great. Especially for those who were able to capitalize on improved crop prices and earn top placements in the National Corn...

For Janette Veazey-Post a New York farmer and one of the owners/operators at Lamb Farms, sustainability is a driving force behind their success. In fact, she attributes their desire to reuse, repurpose and do more with less to helping them become more efficient and profitable each year.