AMES, Iowa – A new study that combines survey data and cutting-edge computer modeling found a growing trend in tillage intensity in U.S. corn and soybean production in recent years has led to an ...

Tillage’s impact on soil carbon is also important to companies that pay farmers to reduce tilling to help meet corporate ...

John Nowatzki remembers driving from Jamestown, N.D., to Cavalier, N.D., a trip of about 180 miles in central North Dakota, on a November afternoon in 2012. Along the way, Nowatzki, the North Dakota ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Unlike water erosion, tillage erosion is not strongly affected by slope length. Therefore, in hilly regions that have many changes in slope, tillage erosion can be the dominant ...

I sat down to write this piece after a five-inch April snowstorm gave our newly planted wheat fields their first drink of the season. Wheat is one of five crops we raise on our farm just outside ...

Researchers from the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center at the University of Illinois can detect soil tillage practices from space, weaving together data from ground images, airborne sensors and ...

Despite gains in December and January, soil moisture sits below average for most of Missouri. “Compared to last year, soils are much drier this spring, and this leaves us vulnerable to rapid ...

Nearly one in five tillage farmers (19%) had a margin of less than €250; 13% had a margin of €250 to €500; and 18% had a margin of between €500 and €750. Analysis of 2024 figures by Teagasc has shown ...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon announced the commencement of payments totalling €29.1 million under the new National Tillage Sustainability Support Scheme to 8,554 ...