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

Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or ...

Jim Hershey gave up the plow long before no-till farming was credited with improving soil health. When he made the switch in ...

A new study published in Ecological Processes by researchers at the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reveals that no-tillage (NT) farming could play a pivotal role ...

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

You moved to a new home and plants don't seem to grow, or your existing gardens are no longer lush and productive. The ...

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.

No-till planting sweet corn after terminating rye with herbicide seems easier to switch to (from conventional tillage) than no-till planting with rye terminated by roller-crimping at planting. The ...

We are approaching the time when all the efforts, decisions and expenditure taken in the field over the year are apparent to ...

The recent dry weather and the promise of more to come may act to take the edge off maincrop potato yields, according to ...