Tillage farmers are being advised to have the early days of January earmarked when it comes to having all relevant soil ...

For farmers looking to maintain the benefits of vertical tillage while enjoying some of the soil health impacts of no-till, strip tillage is a popular option. With strip tillage, the seedbed for next ...

The new programme will create a framework but any significant progress on regen ag will rest on private-sector investment, ...

Reducing tillage is one approach used to build the benefits of a healthier soil - like reducing erosion and better water management. But, leaving some extra residue on the surface can be daunting in ...

Microbes improve soil quality by cycling nutrients and breaking plant residues down into soil organic matter. In an effort to detect consistent patterns across a large geographical area, researchers ...

Better productivity has come at expense of ecosystems but new and old practices show their vibrancy can be restored ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings show a systematic ...

The evolution of vertical tillage tools has entered a new phase with the introduction of “hybrid” tillage tools. “Hybrid tillage is almost the Holy Grail of tillage,” says Curt Davis, marketing ...

Maryland grower Drew Haines earned third place nationally in a corn yield contest by returning to tillage and heavy compost ...

Jesse Frost and his wife Hannah Crabtree have been farming together since 2011, when they met working as apprentices on a small organic farm in southern Kentucky. Eventually, they started their own ...