--- title: Blog | Josh Sponheim --- [Careers](https://www.premiercrop.com/careers/) [Customer Login](https://services.premiercrop.com/?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.2.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/premiercropsystems/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PremierCrop) [![Premier Crop Systems](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PremierCropSystems_August2018%20Theme/img/PCS-color-horizontal_cs6_300.png)](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Home](https://www.premiercrop.com/) - [Who We Are](https://www.premiercrop.com/who-we-are/) - [What We Do](https://www.premiercrop.com/what-we-do/) - [Why It Matters](https://www.premiercrop.com/why-it-matters/) - [Podcasts](https://www.premiercrop.com/podcasts/) - [Blog](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534840763958.1534843546092.3&__hssc=238270879.8.1534843546092&__hsfp=877493044) - [Contact Us](https://www.premiercrop.com/precision-agriculture-contact-us/) Search for: ## Josh Sponheim ### Recent Posts ## [Fall Tillage Practices and Cover Crops](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) Posted by [Josh Sponheim](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/author/josh-sponheim) on 12/2/21 9:30 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/No%20till-jpg.jpeg)](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) In my area of Iowa, primarily in Mitchell County, the adoption of strip-till has been huge. There were three or four people that started in the early 2000s, along with my dad, that were pretty vocal about what they were seeing and what kind of benefits they were getting from reducing tillage and going to a strip-till pass. I would love everybody to switch to strip-till and then to no-till down the road, but I understand not everyone is in that mindset. Many growers want to keep doing things the way they have always done things. That’s not always bad, but from a long-term farming standpoint, I believe there are benefits to doing things differently when it comes to soil health and keeping soil around for the next generation of farmers. It's a mindset change, and it has to be the grower’s decision.  [Read More](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/fall-tillage-and-cover-crops#comments-listing) Topics: [soil health](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/soil-health), [yield efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/yield-efficiency), [carbon credits](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/carbon-credits), [carbon sequestration](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/carbon-sequestration), [cover crops](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/cover-crops), [no-till](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/no-till), [strip-till](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/tag/strip-till) [All posts](https://info.premiercrop.com/blog/all) #### About Premier Crop Systems, based out of Des Moines, IA, started in 1999 to deliver better agronomic decisions through data analysis that lead to higher yields, increased profits and more sustainable practices for customers.  ### Subscribe ### Recent Posts This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ## Guides [Precision Ag](https://info.premiercrop.com/the-power-of-precision-ag-1) [Farm Profitability](https://info.premiercrop.com/farm-profitability) [Data Analytics](https://info.premiercrop.com/dataanalytics) [Farm Efficiency](https://info.premiercrop.com/farm-efficiency) [Crop Management](https://info.premiercrop.com/crop-management) [Variable Rate Farming](https://info.premiercrop.com/variable-rate-farming) [Soil Health](https://info.premiercrop.com/soil-health)   [![Premier Crop Systems](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PremierCropSystems_August2018%20Theme/img/PCS-White-Vertical-Logo.png)](http://bluerockdesigns.info/) 2200 Gannett Des Moines, Iowa 50321 515-334-5560 Copyright 2018 Premier Crop Systems | All Rights Reserved. [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/premiercropsystems/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PremierCrop) [Customer Login ![Customer Login](https://info.premiercrop.com/hubfs/PremierCropSystems_August2018%20Theme/img/customerlogin.png)](https://services.premiercrop.com/?__hstc=238270879.be9eccecf6a7b1d4075b99a177f6f9ae.1534825773967.1534843546092.1534851819671.4&__hssc=238270879.1.1534851819671&__hsfp=877493044)