Lisa Blazure, soil health coordinator with Stroud Water Research Center, points out night crawler tunnels in the clay soil beneath Penn England Farm’s cornfield topsoil. Night crawlers are essential ...
It’s been a quiet revolution during the past decade — the sound of farmers not plowing their fields. In a paper on no-till farming, Philip Gersmehl, associate professor of geography at the University ...
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 him save money on fuel, ...
No-till farming, such as used in this Illinois soybean field, shows promise in dry regions but causes lower yields in cold, moist areas like Northern Europe, a new study finds. (Paige Buck/USDA NRCS ...
MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...
Jesse Stubs plowing, prepares soil to plant corn on newly-terraced land in Flint River Farms, Georgia, in May 1939. (Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) Since the ...
The "Europe No-Till and Minimum-Till Equipment Market: Focus on Product, Application, and Country - Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ...
No-till conservation farming conferences will be hosted in several locations across Virginia in mid-February. The Virginia No-Till Alliance and Virginia Cooperative Extension are hosting a free ...