Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or decreasing the ...

Editor's note: Jeff Beach will be checking up with Vance Johnson throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — If it were a race, Vance Johnson says he ...

Minnesota farmer Ron Verly (left) and Iowa farmer Garrett Asmus say going to strip tillage has helped them improve soil health, reduce nutrient use and boost crop yields. Strip tillage has provided ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When it comes to preparing a field for planting, farmers usually fall into one of two camps: those who till it all, and those who leave it all untilled. There is a middle ground ...

Establishing sugar beet by strip tillage can reduce establishment costs by one-third while also lowering the weed burden and improving soil health, according to industry experts. In a review of strip ...