Zero-Till

No-till by Numbers

We are often asked how much of the UK’s farmed acres are direct drilled.  It isn’t easy to answer exactly, but the easy answer is that it is always increasing.  Data seems to suggest between 8% and 12% is no-tilled, but given all the confusion over naming, we are not sure that even this is …

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Conservation Agriculture Guru Shows Secrets Of Their Success in No-Till

First published in @Practical Farm Ideas Issue #95, Issue 24-3 Autumn 2015No-till, zero-till and conservation agriculture have subtle differences in meaning. In all of them, seeds are sown directly into the stubble and trash (or rather mulch) left by the combine. Each of these terms is there to reflect the standpoint of the user. Zero-till says “I …

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