There is significant discussion over soil management and water quality. Concerns regarding erosion, loss of top soil and water retention are key elements to the discussion. And water quality concerns ...

Ken Ferrie addresses how farmers can determine what tillage depth to establish, where to run the tool, and when to use the ...

Learn about no-till farming and the ecological benefits of this agricultural technique. Daniel Mays of Frith Farm in Scarborough is a leader in no-till practices and lends a hand to help other farmers ...

The rise of strip-till technology comes just as farmers embrace conservation practices that minimize soil disturbance.

There’s no doubt about it. When it comes to continuous no-till farming, this method has humbled the best-of-the-best soil scratchers at one time or another. For those no-till dabblers, it is important ...

Randall Reeder retired in 2011 as an Extension Agricultural Engineer from The Ohio State University. He did research on ...

Rotating crops, using compost, adding cover crops and flower strips, and reducing tillage are practices that can make farms ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - This will be Gordon Gallup’s 30th season of no-till planting on his 3,000-acre Ririe farm. Gallup, who grows wheat, barley and alfalfa, said using no-till methods has helped ...

Organic farming can build up soil organic matter better than conventional no-till farming can, according to a long-term study. Organic farming, despite its emphasis on building organic matter, was ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings show a systematic ...

TULSA, Okla. - The blade is king in agriculture. Crop producers are surveying a lot of wet, weed-infested fields out there and can't wait to plow deep and heavy this planting season. The positive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In temperate regions, reduced tillage is still not broadly accepted in organic farming although the guidelines often recommend the reduction ...