There’s just something about the soil. Many of us are drawn to it. Judging by history, so were our ancestors. Farm tillage traces a path that mirrors the development of civilization. Cultures often ...

Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or decreasing the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heavy rainfall has kept Indiana and Ohio corn growers from tilling fields and planting crops. Even with the delays, a Purdue Extension agronomist urge farmers not to get too hasty with tillage ...

Many combinations of tillage methods are available for corn and soybean production. Currently much of the primary tillage is done in the fall. Deep tillage with the moldboard plow is still common, but ...