Fall will be here before you know it, which means it’s time to start thinking about tillage. Ken Ferrie shares two videos explaining how to successfully set and operate your hybrid chisel and inline ...

Crops are looking well across the country and there is a nice bit of management to be done in cooler weather in the coming ...

A disc tiller in a post-harvest fall field at a Mississippi State University research farm. Photo courtesy of Zach Simpson. A new database built by Iowa State University researchers aims to improve ...

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 ...

Tillage management lies at the heart of sustainable crop production, balancing the physical manipulation of soil with the need to protect soil health, optimise water and nutrient cycling, and mitigate ...

The share of acreage for major cash crops—wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton—that are planted using conservation tillage has increased over the past two decades in the United States. Conservation ...

Conservation tillage practices reduce soil loss from wind and water. These practices can also impact water quality. Not only can soil be a pollutant, it can also carry pollutants. This publication ...

SHERMAN, S.D. — It’s the time of the year when farmers are already starting to see weeds popping up on their acres. While everyone handles weed control differently on their operations, for no-till ...

Conservation tillage practices such as no-till and strip tillage play a key role in soil health and resilience. But ...

As farmers gather the bounty of one crop their minds are thinking about the next one. For some, that starts with a tillage game plan. “I would first ask: Why do I need tillage? And why do fall tillage ...

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 ...