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Strip-Tillers Increase Usage of Precision Technologies in 2023

trip-Till Farmer's 10th annual benchmark study of strip-till practices conducted in early 2023 shows that more strip-tillers plan to use precision technology in 2023 and beyond. 

41% of survey respondents currently use variable-rate seeding, while 39% use variable-rate fertilizer. But 55.3% of survey respondents plan to use variable-rate seeding next year, up 5 percentage points from the previous survey in 2022 and 15 percentage points from 2021. Some 53% plan to use variable-rate fertilizer application next year, down nearly 2 percentage points from 2022, but up just over 7 percentage points from 2021. 

26.2% utilize remote service/support, up just over 13 percentage points from 2022. 

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