DECORAH, Iowa — Paul Hunter agreed to host an Iowa Learning Farm field day because he thought it might encourage others to consider no-till farming. "No-till is one of those things that unless you see ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s no doubt about it. When it comes to continuous no-till farming, this method has humbled the best-of-the-best soil scratchers at one time or another. For those no-till dabblers, it is important ...

AGCO Corporation, Duluth, Georgia, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, has unveiled two new planter models under the White Planters name. The planters offer features ...

TORIN HALSEY/TIMES RECORD NEWS Trevor Lalk drives a tractor with a no-till planter to plant corn seed in a field near Punkin Center. Lalk Brothers Farms received an award for their soil conservation ...

MENOKEN N.D. - Though many fields in the area remain damp from the wet, cool spring, the staff at Menoken Farm are finding plenty of projects to keep them busy, like no-till planting potatoes, working ...

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, ...

Here's a fascinating trend in U.S. agriculture that's been going on for the past few decades. It's the dramatic rise ... of no-till farming: "No-till farming" sounds pretty dull at first. The term ...

Isn't that about as practical as a carpenter who won't hammer or a firefighter who won't climb ladders? Not these days. Frey, a pig farmer in Pequea Township who grows corn, soybeans, wheat and barley ...