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 ...

For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus. Sooner or ...

The Gudajtes Family Farm at Minto, N.D., chose a “Soil Warrior,” a vertical tillage tool that works in strips, instead of the entire field, to help preserve soil moisture. Jay Gudajtes of Minto, N.D., ...

Reducing tillage is one approach used to build the benefits of a healthier soil - like reducing erosion and better water management. But, leaving some extra residue on the surface can be daunting in ...