SIDNEY, MT – An important two-year research project is underway at Montana State University's Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney, Mont., comparing conventional till sugarbeet planting to no-till and ...

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 ...

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 ...

IDAHO FALLS (AP) | This will be Gordon Gallup's 30th season of no-till planting on his 3,000-acre Ririe farm. Gallup, who grows wheat, barley and alfalfa, said using no-till methods has helped him ...

There is significant discussion over soil management and water quality. Concerns regarding erosion, loss of top soil and water retention are key elements to the discussion. And water quality concerns ...

With much of the West either “abnormally dry” or in drought conditions, no-till farming advocates say that method could be a way to better utilize the water that’s available. No-till farming — also ...

To till or not to till? That is the question. Looking over fields prior to planting, a Shakespeare-in-overalls might also wonder: “Whether ‘tis nobler to till and suffer the slings and arrows of soil ...

Today, 75% of farmers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta don't till the soil before seeding, keeping the soil microbiome intact.

Across the world, fields and gardens are turning into lifeless crusts that repel water and resist roots. Yet the most ...