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 ...

Zero tillage, once outside the mainstream of Northern Plains agriculture, is now a widely used farming practice. The Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association's annual workshop and trade ...

One such strategy to consider is Canadian farmland, where zero-till farming is a common practice. Western Canadian zero-till farmland portfolios capture material amounts of carbon and are suitable for ...

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 ...