Unseasonably warm weather might have farmers tilling their fields earlier than normal, but a Purdue Extension agronomist cautioned them against tilling more than necessary. While there’s nothing wrong ...

Josh Metsker addresses the benefits of shallow tillage, noting it works the top one or two inches of the soil. Tillage decisions have long been framed by some farmers and equipment manufacturers as an ...

Tillage remains a cornerstone of crop management, encompassing a spectrum of soil-disturbance practices from conventional ploughing to zero-tillage and intermediate reduced-tillage methods such as ...