The strip-till equipment arena continues to grow; 24 brands were identified in Strip-Till Farmer’s 13th annual Strip-Till Operational Benchmark Study.
Kuhn Krause once again took the top spot as the most popular strip-till brand for the 9th year in a row with just under 34% of survey respondents using its Gladiator in 2025. Dawn Equipment, (11.8%), Environmental Tillage Systems (10.3%), Case IH/DMI (10.3%), Orthman (7.4%), Yetter (4.4%), Vulcan (4.4%) and Unverferth/Blu-Jet (4.4%) rounded out the top 8.
There will be even more brands to choose from in next year’s survey after companies like Landoll released new toolbars in 2026. The Marysville, Kan.-based company was one of several manufacturers showcasing new strip-till offerings at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. Other companies displaying equipment at the show included Harvest International, Kuhn Krause, LandLuvr, Lynx, Unverferth, Vulcan, Yetter and Zimmerman.
At 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas, Case IH unveiled its Nutri-Tiller 1000 strip-till unit and Environmental Tillage Systems debuted its new dry/liquid fertilizer system.
Sixteen-row toolbars supplanted 12-row toolbars as the size of choice in 2025, as 38% used 16-row bars compared to the 33% who used them in 2024. About 35% use 12-row toolbars, down 2 percentage points from 2024. Almost 17% use 12-row bars toolbars, 5.6% 6-rows and 4.2% go big with 24 rows.
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