The onset of no-till farming has created a different demand in farm equipment, but a lot of farmers are still using conventional equipment to till their fields, said Brad Victor, owner of Victor's Inc ...

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 ...

WATERTOWN, S.D. — When it comes to no-till farming, getting the right equipment is key. Paul Jasa, extension engineer at the University of Nebraska, has been working with no-till crop production ...

HASTINGS, Neb. -- Bob Johnson began using the no-till farming method on his central Nebraska farm 10 years ago as an experiment. Today, he says it is a necessity. A drought that has lasted more than ...

It’s been a quiet revolution during the past decade — the sound of farmers not plowing their fields. In a paper on no-till farming, Philip Gersmehl, associate professor of geography at the University ...

TULSA, Okla. - The blade is king in agriculture. Crop producers are surveying a lot of wet, weed-infested fields out there and can't wait to plow deep and heavy this planting season. The positive ...

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 ...

One of the most important parts of any conservation or farming operation is establishing goals to work toward. It is easy to do the same thing year after year because of limited time or finances. What ...

When you think of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, you might picture industrial smoke stacks or belching vehicle tailpipes. Turns out, farming also releases emissions that contribute to climate ...

A field day promoting conservation farming techniques is being held Friday by the Nevada FFA in collaboration with Heartland Cooperative, Van Wall Equipment, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the ...

For farmers struggling to make a living with corn and soybeans, a new cash crop may be on the horizon: carbon. Although it can't be used to feed animals or make vegetable oil, "farming" carbon could ...