“No-till farming greatly reduces soil erosion,” Mirsky said. “Intact soils also maintain root channels that facilitate greater water infiltration and storage.

However, no-to-low-till farming doesn’t necessarily exclude equipment or technology for working the soil. Consider the following no-till equipment for the next growing season.

Farmers and researchers in Reidsville see the positive impacts of no-till agriculture. Tilling soil has long been thought of as a necessary step in agricultural production. A long-term study by ...

"No-till five years ago would have been a really tough sell." This year on his 360-acre farm, Johnson used seven inches of irrigated water on his corn and five inches on his soybeans.

Agronomists and farmers from across Minnesota and Iowa gathered in Rose Creek on Tuesday to explore a farming method gaining traction for its sustainability and soil health benefits.Strip-Till Field ...

No-till farming, considered to be a more environmentally friendly farming practice that reduces soil disturbance when compared with conventional practices, appears to have an important benefit ...

The onset of no-till farming has created a different demand in farm equipment, but a lot of farmers are still using conventional equipment to till their fields, said Brad Victor, ...

No-till saves on fuel costs, cuts down on soil erosion and alleviates weed pressures, its proponents say. "I've been doing no-till pretty strong for about 15 years," said Vian farmer Charles Sloan.

No-till saves on fuel costs, cuts down on soil erosion and alleviates weed pressures, its proponents say. "I've been doing no-till pretty strong for about 15 years," says Vian, Okla., farmer ...

No-till farming came into practice following World War II and involves planting crops without tilling the soil, according to the PA No-Till Alliance, which sponsored the annual Summer Soil Health ...

LIMA — Farmers from area counties discovered how no-till farming can boost soil health and enhance carbon retention Tuesday at Burkholder Farms. At 6720 Stewart Road in Lima, farm owner Matt ...

Crop plots at the Kellogg Biological Station used in the ongoing 30-year no-till farming study. The increased performance of no-till fields comes from keeping the soil intact.