Conservation tillage practices, such as no-till and reduced till, are critical for sustainable agriculture, and they are ...

Imagine buying a dozen eggs at a grocery store, but when you get home and open the carton, there’s only a half dozen inside ...

Farmers are rethinking how and when they till their fields, using smarter equipment choices and precision methods to save fuel, protect soil, and boost yields. Research shows that adjusting tillage ...

AMES, Iowa - Imagine buying a dozen eggs at a grocery store, but when you get home and open the carton, there's only a half dozen inside because you weren't buying a dozen eggs. You were buying ...

in Brazil, the development of a strong technical foundation for soil and water conservation has made no-tillage (NT) the leading method for preparing land for temporary crops. Despite this, there's ...

Picture a farm or garden, and you're likely to imagine crops planted in rows. Run water between the rows and you have furrow irrigation, one of humanity's oldest methods used to grow food. It's still ...

Since 1962, Ohio researchers have been studying how tillage affects soybean yields in different soil types through the Triplett-van Doren No-Tillage and Crop Rotation Experiment. A new factsheet, ...

At Penn State, organic farms using less soil disturbance (reduced tillage) significantly boosted beneficial ground-dwelling insects that eat pests, especially in soybean fields However, tillage ...

This centuries-old farming method could be the key to restoring soil, capturing carbon, and making food production more sustainable. A new study published in Ecological Processes reveals that ...