Sentences with phrase «tillage in»

Continuous cropping is about as effective as eliminating tillage in increasing soil C, McConkey et al. (1998).

Ekboir, J.M., 2003: Research and technology policies in innovation systems: zero tillage in Brazil, Research Policy, 32, pp. 573 - 586.

It has been suggested that the adoption of zero tillage in western Canada, with the potential to store more moisture and use moisture more efficiently, has been a contributing factor in the substantial drop in hectares of summerfallow, increases in land in crop, and increases in nitrogen fertilizer usage in western Canada in the last decade.

Microbial community response to transition from conventional to conservation tillage in cotton fields.

Through reduced tillage in farming — no - till being the prime example — and systems using cover crops and residue, those are major ways agriculture can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases because carbon dioxide is being taken up by the plant materials and stored in the soil.

However, options for reducing tillage in the mid-Atlantic region have been identified and tried, including: (1) rotating annual grain crops with perennial forages; (2) decreasing depth and degree of soil inversion (e.g. chisel... Continued

Utilizing cover crop mulches to reduce tillage in organic systems in the southeastern USA.

Microbial community response to transition from conventional to conservation tillage in cotton fields.

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In the 1980s and»90s, the father - and - son duo Mike and Bruno Benziger experimented with methods like crop rotation, tillage, and natural composts to maintain soil health.

One writer, we saw, tells how the practice of the peasant in his tillage and care of his crops was taught to him by the Lord (Isa.

In hardly any cultures has tillage agriculture been sustainable in the long terIn hardly any cultures has tillage agriculture been sustainable in the long terin the long term.

Thus George Herbert notes that his «country parson» condescends even to the knowledge of tillage and pasturage, and makes great use of them in teaching, because people by what they understand are best led to what they understand not.

Utilization of Pelletized Starter Fertilizers in Cover Crop - Based, Reduced Tillage Organic Corn Production Gladis Zinati1, a *, Rachel Atwell2, b, Steven Mirsky3, c, Chris Reberg - Horton4, b, Rae Moore5, a, and Jeff Moyer6, a 1Associate Research Scientist, 2Graduate Student, 3Research Ecologist, 4Associate Professor, 5Research Technician, and 6Executive Director... Continued

Tillage and farming system affect AM fungus populations, mycorrhizal formation, and nutrient uptake by winter wheat in a high - P soil.

The rising interest in no - tillage production practices among organic farmers has recently created considerable advancement in the development of a cover crop - based, reduced tillage organic corn and soybean production.

According to the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative (TOCMC), which grows the majority of the organic cotton in the U.S., its growers do not use any inputs for weed control, preferring to use mechanical tillage and hand weeding.

Grow Ahead invites women from Africa, Asia or Latin America over 18 years of age to apply for scholarships of up to US$ 2,500 for workshops or trainings in their regions focused on agroecology or regenerative organic agriculture, including (but not limited to) agroforestry, biochar, compost, holistic management, conservation tillage, pasture cropping, silvopasture, permaculture, or other practices that build climate resilience.

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;

In addition, however, agriculture's use of fossil energy could be reduced as a mitigation step, Rice said: «When we make agriculture more efficient and use less tillage, we're also using less energy.

For example, the organic matter can be balanced by reduced tillage practices; by double cropping, where two crop varieties are planted in succession in the same growing season; and by the use of cover crops that replenish the soil.

They have other benefits, such as reducing the need for plowing and other soil tillage — which is costly in terms of energy use and may contribute to soil erosion.

«Even the undercutter method is too much tillage for fallow after oilseeds in the dry region,» say the researchers.

In contrast to other tillage equipment, such as moldboard plows or disc plows, the use of chisel plows was associated with greater microbial biomass.

In tilled systems, the type of tillage equipment mattered.

Chisel plows, which theoretically result in minimal soil disturbance, are commonly used as part of a conservation tillage system.

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.

The study suggests that since soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity can stand in as proxies for soil quality, farmers should consider moving toward no - till or conservation tillage systems.

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China's croplands have experienced drastic changes in management practices related to fertilization, tillage and residue treatment since the 1980s.

According to Fernández, the best place for strip till is in fields with a lot of crop residue and conditions that tend to be cool and wet in the spring and where farmers prefer not to do conventional tillage.

Agri is from Latin ager («a field»), and culture is from Latin cultura, meaning «cultivation» in the strict sense of «tillage of the soil.»

«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.»

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.

(2008) Carbon balance in maize fields under cattle manure application and no - tillage cultivation in Northeast Thailand.

Promising soil management techniques include controlled grazing; mulching with organic matter; applying manure and biosolids; use of cover crops in the rotation cycle; agroforestry; contour farming; hedgerows; terracing; plastic mulch for erosion control; no - till or conservation tillage; retention of crop residue; appropriate use of water and irrigation; and integrated nutrient management, including the judicious use of chemical fertilizers.

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.

In the paper, he reported that they (University of Alberta and Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development) had compared the two tillage systems (zero till and conventional till) and had included spring thaw emissions as well as growing season emissions.

This review would include determining how these nitrous oxide emissions from zero tillage systems compared with those from conventional tillage, and identifing gaps in knowledge requiring further experiments and studies.

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.

However, N2O emissions from deep placement of N were obtained after other rainfall events, all indicating that deep placement reduced N2O emissions from zero till to levels as low as from N fertilizer incorporated in the surface layer in conventional tillage.

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.

When the emissions from the two time periods were added up, the zero till had slightly lower total emissions than conventional till.However, the N fertilizer was surface applied in both tillage systems and incorporated in the conventional till system.

Crop rotations including pulse crops and oilseeds are being recommended for zero tillage cropping systems and are being adopted by farmers in western Canada.

Some of these benefits led to reductions in the emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (less fuel and machinery used than in conventional tillage systems).

These fields have been in their respective tillage systems for a number of years.