The achievement represents a gain of 6 million acres, and it was the farmers in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Kansas who made it happen. Indiana's conservation tillage acreage was up ...

LAND degradation is one of the major problems facing agriculture today. The root cause of degradation of million of hectares is due to continuous decaying of soil structure, depletion of soil ...

That traditional symbol of American agriculture, the moldboard plow is passing from the scene. Used extensively since the 1800s to the 1980s, it’s on the way out like the horse and buggy before it.

Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment to stir together soil and crop residue (stalks and roots of previous crops) before planting. This ...

Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Many combinations of tillage methods are available for corn and soybean production. Currently much of the primary tillage is done in the fall. Deep tillage with the moldboard plow is still common, but ...

Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Conservation tillage does not lower yield in modern cropping systems. Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment to stir together soil and crop ...