The reality of changing soil conditions and varying crop needs often requires more middle ground than most tillage systems are designed to deliver.

Fuel prices are dropping, but the case for reducing soil tillage -- and attending an upcoming zero-tillage workshop -- remains as strong as ever, a zero-till supporter says. "The workshop is about ...

First, the bad news: We’ve lost millions of tons of soil from croplands in the United States annually for the past 20 years due to water and wind erosion. The rate of erosion skyrockets the more soil ...

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 ...

Last summer, veteran organic farmer Scott Park was bewildered when he surveyed his vast tomato, corn, and sunflower fields. Before planting the crops on 350 acres he had radically cut down on tilling ...