There is significant discussion over soil management and water quality. Concerns regarding erosion, loss of top soil and water retention are key elements to the discussion. And water quality concerns ...

The rise of strip-till technology comes just as farmers embrace conservation practices that minimize soil disturbance.

Strip tillage and the equipment needed for doing soil-health practices in a crop field are the focus of a free demonstration day near Rose Creek next month for area farmers and agricultural landowners ...

Learn about no-till farming and the ecological benefits of this agricultural technique. Daniel Mays of Frith Farm in Scarborough is a leader in no-till practices and lends a hand to help other farmers ...

Lisa Blazure, soil health coordinator with Stroud Water Research Center, points out night crawler tunnels in the clay soil beneath Penn England Farm’s cornfield topsoil. Night crawlers are essential ...

When fourth-generation farmer Lance Saathoff climbs into the cab of his 510-horsepower John Deere tractor, he's in a control center that's guided by distant satellites to fraction-of-an-inch precision ...

Experts weigh in on no-to-low-till farming equipment, tools, and technology that will preserve the health of your soil to maximize growth potential. Soil consists of sand, silt, and clay, which come ...

No-till farming increased yields consistently over about three decades on cropland in southwest Michigan, according to new research from Michigan State University. Each year, “the yield in no-till ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. BROOKFIELD, Wis., Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Think back to a time before there ...

One of the fields the researchers used in the no-till farming study at Michigan State University's Kellog Biological Station. Results from a nearly 30-year ongoingstudy published by researchers ...

For 60 years, organic farmers have claimed they hold the secret to human sustainability. They claim modern high-tech farming “ruins soils,” and that, as they do, we must bar chemical fertilizers and ...

In response to July 22 letter, “Ban no-till farming to end flooding” and the incredibly false information on no-till farming. No-till farming leaves 90 percent of crop residue covering the soil, ...