Some companies are advertising planters that don’t have to be altered for use in no-till conditions. Nevertheless, the majority of planters need some modification for no-till, says John Siemens, ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — John Young’s family has been no-tilling longer than anyone on earth. But he still doesn’t have this thing licked. Young’s father, Harry Young Jr., planted a third of an acre with a crude, ...

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 ...

EWING — The original no-till planter was not the primitive but ingenious machine parked here at the Ewing Demonstration Center. It was a screwdriver. Current and former educators associated with the ...

Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time. In the Des Moines ...