An abrupt change to vertical tillage, no-till or strip-till may be too great a transition for some farmers. “So, the first step is to loosen the soil profile by doing some type of fall tillage ...

or seeking alternatives that reduce the need for tillage. The type of tillage itself makes a difference. Some implements, such as the Noble or Victory blades, that leave stubble standing, will ...

Selecting the right options on hybrid tillage tools is critical: The type and number of flutes on disk blades influence the sizes of clods. The smaller the flutes, the smaller the clods.

Tillage systems that are intermediate between the extremes ... Each pair consisted of a no-till and tilled (usually chiseled) field on the same soil type, in a corn-soybean rotation, as close together ...

New insights into the global agricultural sector have been revealed today in a report commissioned by McKinsey & Company.

Cover cropping is not just for farming. Use this tried-and-tested technique in your vegetable garden or flower beds to enjoy ...

“The CC Series is a highly productive tool that will size the crop and bury it while breaking up compaction at much faster ...

Hurricane Helene caused great devastation throughout much of Western North Carolina and farm fields were not spared. There ...

The type of texture directly impacts soil tilth ... There’s a big difference between tilth and tillage, but, of course, they are related. As you well know now, tilth refers to the physical condition ...

Modern tillage farming practices make soils more vulnerable to the impact of heavy machinery and traffic volumes. But, ...

which is a non-inversion conservation tillage implement. Inversion-type tillage with a disk may be preferable in correcting pH stratification if needed. Following up on a previous study ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is a great time to apply soil amendments to the garden, the lawn and our ...