When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil conservationist.

Impacts of no-tillage management on nitrate loss from corn, soybean and wheat cultivation: A meta-analysis. Scientific Reports , 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12383-7 Cite This Page : ...

Both tillage systems are just a step away from no-till. Strip-till is done 6" or 7" deep; zone-till uses parabolic shanks to go even deeper. “Both systems break up horizontal layers, ...

Researchers test whether a one-time tillage of no-till could help manage certain perennial weeds, and reduce phosphorus stratification and runoff. They also wanted to determine if a one-time ...

A new IUPUI study funded by the US Department of Agriculture answers a long-debated agricultural question: whether no-tillage alone is sufficient to prevent water pollution from nitrate. The ...

But it's an important idea. Plowing and tillage are major sources of soil erosion around the world — they were key factors behind the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. What's more, churning up all that ...

From conventional horizontal tillage to strip-till and no-till, the key is applying a production system that can overcome each field’s weakness. Pros and Cons of 7 Tillage Systems - AgWeb ...

No-tillage farmers are growing crops on roughly 111 million hectares worldwide, including 70% of farmland in Brazil and Argentina. At Brazil's agricultural-research organization Embrapa, no ...

More information: Cong Wang et al, No-tillage practice enhances soil total carbon content in a sandy Cyperus esculentus L. field, Ecological Processes (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s13717-024-00573-x.

No-till Is a Misnomer; Conservation Tillage, an Oxymoron On the ground, there’s ample evidence suggesting that the vast majority of no-till farmers occasionally or regularly return to tillage, calling ...

Whether you no-till or conventional till, managing weeds can be a struggle. Oftentimes the type of weeds you're finding in your fields can be determined by your tillage system.