Sentences with phrase «on tillage»

For example, large - scale organic farming relies heavily on tillage.

«Definitely the effects of inorganic fertilizer application on soil properties will depend on tillage and cropping systems,» Blanco says.

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Drinkwater, L., Janke, R. & Rossoni - Longnecker, L. Effects of tillage intensity on nitrogen dynamics and productivity in legume - based grain systems.

This was most probably due to inclusion of a green manure legume crop in the third year of rotation and fewer tillage operations on the organic field.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The panel recommended, for example, that the U.S. Geological Survey investigate the impact that reduced tillage has had on water quality.

In an effort to detect consistent patterns across a large geographical area, University of Illinois researchers conducted a meta - analysis of 62 studies examining the effect of tillage on soil microbes.

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«Zero tillage is already being used to sow wheat on 1.8 million hectares in South Asia's extensive rice - wheat rotations, and state government officials in India are implementing policies to support more widespread adoption.»

With herbicide resistance on the rise, more farmers are making tillage the foundation of their integrated weed management program.

She and her husband are also proud to be carrying on the family farm where they implement conservation tillage practices.

A luxury apartment adjacent to the owners residence on a working cattle and tillage farm.

2010 Research highlights Our meta - analysis based on data from 69 paired - experiments indicated that: ▶ Cultivation with conventional tillage (CT) and no - tillage (NT) resulted in comparable soil C loss comparing with adjacent natural soils.

We identified as most promising measures: the promotion of organic inputs on arable land instead of grassland, the introduction of perennials (grasses, trees) on arable set - aside land for conservation or biofuel purposes, to promote organic farming, to raise the water table in farmed peatland, and — with restrictions — zero tillage or conservation tillage.

Among their suggestions were the following: expand conservation tillage to 100 percent of cropland, stop all deforestation, drive two billion cars on ethanol, increase wind power 80-fold to make hydrogen for cars, replace 1,400 large coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones, and cut electricity use in buildings by 25 percent.

The paper didn't fail to mention what we have reported on before, that corn farming for ethanol using management practices such as commercial fertilizer application, mechanical tillage, and intensive drainage is the most important driver of this increase in nitrogen pollution.

We did not find to date any published studies which compared the effects of type of tillage system and nitrogen fertilizer placement method on nitric oxide emissions.

He also reported that he was not aware of any studies in western Canada evaluating the effects of N fertilizer placement on N, O emissions from zero tillage systems.

Studies should compare crops grown in a zero tillage system with a conventional tillage system, with nitrogen fertilizer banded on the cereals.

There is an extensive literature on the improvement in N fertilizer use efficiency achieved by deep banding in zero tillage systems, but no studies on N2O emissions.

He has a site on his own farm near Central Butte (border of Brown and Dark Brown soil zones) where he has run chem fallow compared to tillage fallow for a number of years.

About 91 % of farmers are practicing the technology at different levels depending on the component adopted out of the six, namely minimum land tillage; laying out fixed planting basins; no burning of crop residues; planting and input application in basins; and rotation with nitrogen - fixing crops for soil fertility restitution, outlined by the Conservation Farming Unit (CFU).

Their findings showed that spring N2O emission was higher for CT while growing season emission was dependent on factors other than tillage.

Direction of change depends on initial level of organic matter and subsequent cropping and tillage practices, Fenster and Peterson (1979); Campbell et al. (1991); Ismail et al. (1994).

EPIC - Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator, models crop growth on soil erosion and productivity, multi-crop and multi-management capability, requires soil, crop and tillage parameters, can generate daily weather data from monthly data.

Because an emphasis is placed on techniques such as using compost fertilizer, near - zero tillage, and applying cover crops and agroforestry species to increase soil nutrients, the COMACO program has also helped slow land degradation in the region.