Sentences with phrase «tillage methods»

Mean oat mineral concentrations between cropping systems and tillage methods at the Farming Systems Trial (Wagner et al., 2016).

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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.

Organic grape growing avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and uses natural methods like crop rotation, tillage and natural composts to maintain soil health as well as natural methods to control weeds, insects and other pests.

Environmentally - friendly methods like crop rotation, inter-cropping, symbiotic associations and minimum tillage are used to improve soil, encouraging natural formation and structure and creating more stable systems.

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

This method — called cover crop - based organic rotational no - till — allows farmers to skip spring tillage and weeding.

Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.

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.

This is the fifth blog of a series describing the five methods that make up regenerative agriculture — perennial plants & diverse crops, zero / low tillage & mulching, cover cropping & crop rotation, composting, and managed grazing.