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 ...

"With fall zone tillage you have as fast a rate of soil drying in spring as after fall chisel plowing, as well as the advantage of being able to plant on the loosened strips while keeping 30 percent ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After a wet fall and spring, corn and soybean farmers must decide what field tillage operations are essential before planting the 2009 crop. "Where I think things are a little ...

As you wrap up harvest this year, the work isn’t quite over. With the end of one season, you beckon in a new one with the way you treat the soil and prepare it for spring planting just a few short ...

ST. PAUL -- Fall tillage decisions became a lot more complicated because of the heavy rains in September. Flooding and the prospects for another wet harvest season will make effectively using tillage ...

Be site-selective with fall tillage, says Gyles Randall, University of Minnesota Extension soil scientist. For example, avoid tillage on the more erosive parts of fields. "We're actually seeking more ...

Fall tillage may loosen soil, but even if yield is increased will it cover the costs of a $10 to $20 per-acre tillage operation, asks Mark Hanna, Iowa State Extension ag engineer. If fall tillage is ...

Spring-sown crops and ploughing will play bigger roles in the future on the 1,400ha farmed north-east of Lincoln by Helen Rainthorpe and her team at JRR Farms. They hope it will help stem sliding ...

In the battle against weeds, tillage is one of the strongest weapons at the disposal of organic or ecologically based farmers. But, depending on when it is used, tillage can also be a strong driver of ...

In the battle against weeds, tillage is one of the strongest weapons at the disposal of organic or ecologically based farmers. But, depending on when it is used, tillage can also be a strong driver of ...