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 ...

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 ...

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the practices, a new Economic Research Service report has found. The analysis of USDA ...

After a fall harvest and before the spring planting season, soil is typically cultivated so it can become more fertile and welcoming for plant growth. All farmers practice at least one type of tillage ...

Beginning in the 2017 growing season, The Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) has worked over the past six years with Iowa State University and local ag retailers to study the progress ...

Hariyo danda mathi haalo jotne sathi ho ho malee ho ho..." This popular Nepali folk song depicts the lifestyle of the Nepali farmers - getting up before sunrise to plow the field using traditional ...

Farmers, researchers and students will gather Thursday, June 24, for the 2004 Sustainable Agriculture Conservation Tillage Field Day at UC Davis. Keynote speaker will be Charles "Chuck" Ahlem, ...

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 ...