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| | Tillage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Tillage is an operation whereby the soil is either cleared from noxious weeds, or prepared for receiving the seeds of plants cultivated by the husbandman. | | | Tillage, or cultivation (a term which also has broader meanings related to the raising of plants in general) is the agricultural preparation of the soil to receive seeds. | | | Modern agriculture has greatly reduced the use of tillage for weed control. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillage
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| | Drought Strategies -- Tillage Techniques That Can Save Moisture |
| | Tillage techniques that conserve moisture are important to increasing crop yields and limiting the devastating consequences of drought. | | | Use of a packer or harrow to fill in and seal the ground during the tillage operation may be important. | | | Use tillage implements that retain crop residues, leave a rough soil surface and limit soil drying, such as undercutters, rodweeders and sweep style cultivators. |
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http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/drought/ds-4-97.htm
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| | Water Quality: The Tillage Component |
| | Tillage tools such as chisel plows, cultivators, disks, or wide blades are then used to prepare the soil for planting. | | | Conservation tillage is defined as any tillage and planting system that maintains at least 30 percent of the soil surface covered by residue after planting, or a system that maintains at least 1,000 pounds of small grain residue on the soil surface during the critical wind erosion period (6). | | | Tillage depth is usually one-quarter of the disk diameter (6), the larger the disk, the more residue that is buried. |
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http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/h2oqual/watnut/ae1072w.htm
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| | Tillage BMPs for Small Grain |
| | The effects of tillage on the development and severity of crop diseases are variable, depending on the disease, the specific type of tillage system used, and the effectiveness of the other disease management practices used. | | | Conservation tillage usually reduces soil temperatures, conserves soil moisture, and leaves crop residue on the soil surface. | | | Management of crop residues with reduced tillage is the most cost-effective method of controlling sediment losses and reducing farming impacts on water quality. |
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http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD6674.html
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| | Conservation Tillage |
| | In conservation tillage, crops are grown with minimal cultivation of the soil. | | | Reduced tillage practices in agronomic crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, sorghum and cereal grains were introduced over 50 years ago to conserve soil and water. | | | Where soils are compacted but subject to erosion, strip tillage is a good compromise because crops can be planted efficiently and grow well in the loosened soil of the tilled strips while the untilled portions of the field conserve soil and water and control weeds. |
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http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/tillage/c03tilla.html
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| | Conservation Tillage Definitions |
| | Tillage tools such as chisels, field cultivators, disks, sweeps or blades are used. | | | Any tillage and planting system that covers 30 percent or more of the soil surface with crop residue, after planting, to reduce soil erosion by water. | | | Conventional-till or intensive-till - Full width tillage which disturbs all of the soil surface and is performed prior to and/or during planting. |
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http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/CT/Definitions.html
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| | Southwest Research-Extension Center, Tribune - Reduce Tillage |
| | Grain yields of wheat and grain sorghum increased with decreased tillage intensity in a wheat-sorghum-fallow (WSF) rotation. | | | The yield benefit from reduced tillage was greater for grain sorghum than for wheat. | | | On average, this resulted in 4 to 5 tillage operations per year, usually with a blade plow or field cultivator. |
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http://www.wkarc.org/Research/Tribune/Reduce_Tillage.htm
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| | Steep III - Pacific Northwest Conservation Tillage Systems Information Source |
| | Over time, however, tillage erosion is believed to be responsible for a significant reduction in topsoil depth and increased subsoil exposure on hilltops and ridges in agricultural land. | | | Tillage erosion and water erosion together are sharply reducing topsoil depth and corresponding production potential on the Palouse and other sloping cropland areas of the Northwest. | | | This 13ton-per-acre soil loss measured from a single downhill plowing is comparable to an average overwinter soil loss to water erosion under winter wheat with a low-residue, conventionally-tilled seedbed. |
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http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/tillagehandbook/chapter1/010486.htm
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| | Conservation Tillage |
| | Ridge tillage is a form of conservation tillage that uses specialized planters and cultivators to maintain permanent ridges on which row crops are grown. | | | The term conservation tillage refers to a number of strategies and techniques for establishing crops in a previous crop's residues, which are purposely left on the soil surface. | | | Because ridge tillage relies on cultivation to control weeds and re-form ridges, this system allows farmers to further reduce their dependence on herbicides as compared to either conventional till or strict no-till systems. |
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http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/consertill.html
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| | African Conservation Tillage Network - ACT |
| | Tillage directly affects water infiltration and water retention in the soil, thus influencing the efficiency of rainwater use. | | | This is to emphasize that while all other elements of conservation farming (soil cover, soil organic matter replenishment, rotations, etc.) are important, tillage is crucial in dry land farming. | | | The workshop was jointly organised by a number of stakeholders including GTZ, FAO, the Southern and Eastern Africa based FARMESA, the Zimbabwe Farmers Union and the South African Agricultural Research Council (ARC). |
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http://www.act.org.zw
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| | ARS Publication request: TILLAGE AND PEST MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS IN A PEANUT-COTTON ROTATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ... |
| | Studies were conducted from 1994 to 1998 in Tifton, GA on the effects of tillage on crop and pest management in a peanut-cotton rotation. | | | Minimum-tillage plots were neither tilled nor planted to rye after crop harvest, remained nontilled during the winter, treated with glyphosate in the early spring to control winter weeds, and crops planted directly into the previous crop debris using a strip-tillage planter. | | | Technical Abstract: Studies were conducted from 1994 to 1998 in Tifton, GA on the effects of tillage on crop and pest management in a peanut-cotton rotation. |
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http://ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=112260
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| | Tillage in 2001: Fall strip-tillage |
| | The distinction is that the strip is tilled in the fall instead of in the spring in front of the planter. | | | Some soils may remain wet under the heavy residue, and tillage tools used to prepare a strip for seed placement tend to compact the soil and form clods when the soil dries. | | | And for producers who plant in heavy cover crops or sod, rolling strip tillage attachments may not be able to effectively penetrate the root masses. |
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http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2000/8-21-2000/striptillage.html
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| | M164 Missouri No-Till Planting Systems, MU Extension |
| | Populations of corn insect pests are influenced by factors such as the previous crop, management of early-season weed growth, soil characteristics or type, amounts of plant residue left in the field, weather events, and general field conditions. | | | A majority of problems with insects in no-till corn occur when corn is planted into a field of sod or thick wheat cover crop. | | | The light tillage will also level the field and blend some of the residue in the top 2 to 3 inches of soil. |
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http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/manuals/m00164.htm
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| | ATTRA Organic Matters Series - Pursuing Conservation Tillage |
| | Chisel plowing is a form of mulch tillage, in which residues are mixed in the upper layers of the soil; a significant percentage remains on the soil surface to reduce erosion. | | | These downsides of clean tillage were not so much denied as they were simply accepted as the necessary costs of crop agriculture. | | | Mulch tillage has already been described as a tillage system in which a significant portion of crop residue is left on the soil surface to reduce erosion. |
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http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/organicmatters/conservationtillage.html
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| | AY-230 |
| | When residue of continuous corn or soybeans is left on the soil surface year `round (as would be the case with conservation tillage), it is apt to harbor weed seeds, insects and diseases. | | | At the same time, many farmers are altering their tillage methods (e.g., traditional fall moldboard plowing with numerous spring secondary tillage trips) to a range of practices referred to as conservation tillage' (chisel plowing, discing, no-till planting, etc.). | | | The major one is the type, amount and placement of crop residue, which affects soil moisture content, soil temperature, soil structure, nutrient availability and pest problems, which in turn determine yield potential. |
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http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/AY/AY-230.html
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| | Tillage |
| | Primary tillage often inverts the surface soil and buries most of the plant residues. | | | For those who did not grow up on a farm, the names of tillage implements may be confusing. | | | Secondary tillage implements disturb less soil and bury less residue. |
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http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~crobinson/TILLAGE/Tillage.htm
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| | No- till |
| | Conventional soil tillage that leaves the surface of the soil bare, is one of the major causes of the occurrence of erosion on agricultural land. | | | About 65% of the soybean- growing farmers in mechanised agriculture were using no-tillage on all or part of their farms in 1998. | | | Main crops under no- tillage in Brazil are soybeans, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum, sunflower, beans and green manure cover crops in rainfed agriculture. |
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http://www.rolf-derpsch.com/notill.htm
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| | Tillage in 2001: No-till |
| | Opening the row for the seedbed requires a row opener on the planter that is capable of slicing through soil and a variety of crop residue. | | | Implementing no-till means crop residue should be spread as evenly as possible during harvest, with the soil to be disturbed only for injection of anhydrous ammonia, manure, or planting. | | | In addition, all the residue from the previous crop remains on the soil's surface to protect it from erosion. |
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http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2000/9-18-2000/notill.html
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| | Conservation Tillage - Cotton Production Guide |
| | Strip tillage can be used in combination with cover crops or with native cover in the previous year's crop stubble. | | | Conservation tillage can be defined as any of several systems ranging from strict no-till to mulch-till systems where a small grain crop is disked before planting cotton. | | | Where conservation tillage systems provide soil conditions for deeper rooting and less soil moisture loss, irrigation might tend to be needed less or needed only when more adverse drought conditions develop. |
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http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~blpprt/constill.html
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| | CT-4 |
| | Anhydrous ammonia applicators with "wings" attached to the knives are sometimes used in the fall to prepare strips for spring planting. | | | However, growth, maturity, and yield were still significantly better with full-width tillage, compared to the strip tillage method. | | | Some Indiana farmers apply anhydrous ammonia (and sometimes other nutrients) where the corn rows will be next spring, often using disks to form a small ridge of soil over the fertilizer band. |
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http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/CT/CT-4.html
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| | Tillage equipment to aid in soil management : John Deere |
| | Tillage equipment to aid in soil management : John Deere | | | John Deere chisel plows, disks, field cultivators, plows, roller harrows, rippers, mulch finishers, rotary hoes, and row crop cultivators can help you improve your soil management system. | | | Solutions for soil management are just a click away. |
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http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/FR/category/FR_TILLAGE.html
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| | About Krause Corporation |
| | Krause Corporation, still under close family ownership, produces the largest selection of farm tillage equipment and grain drills of any short line manufacturer in the world. | | | His neighbors saw the plow and were impressed with its value as a special tool for their own farming conditions and asked Henry to build more. | | | Krause products include, disc harrows, field cultivators, chisel plows, disc/coulter chisels, Landsman and Landstar one-pass finishers, row crop cultivators, no-till and minimum till grain drills and soil packers. |
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http://www.krauseco.com/about.htm
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| | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Publications |
| | Reports on comparisons between atrazine and non-atrazine herbicide use in conventional tillage corn. | | | Recommendations for forming farmer research groups for conventional or alternative agriculture, including guidelines for involving and project development. | | | This NebGuide discusses how to set a realistic corn yield goal by acknowledging climatic yield limitations of corn in Nebraska and the yield history in a field. |
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http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/fieldcrops/g1046.htm
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| | AMCO MANUFACTURING, INC. ~Primary tillage tools, Farm implements and equipment |
| | AMCO Manufacturing, Inc. has continually produced agricultural implements such as disc harrows, wheel offset harrows, bedding hippers, ripper hippers, row markers, ditchers, levee plows and terracing plows and a significant number of other implements since 1947. | | | AMCO MANUFACTURING, INC. ~Primary tillage tools, Farm implements and equipment |
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http://www.amcomfg.com
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| | Wil-Rich :: Tillage Products and Agricultural Equipment |
| | Shredding allows easier flow through primary tillage, and residue is mixed with soil in smaller pieces for faster decomposing. | | | The Excel Series Field Cultivator performs well in heavy residue conditions, and is designed for secondary tillage and seedbed preparation. | | | From its 340,000 square foot factory in Wahpeton, ND, Wil-Rich produces a wide variety of tillage equipment with a reputation for toughness as well as innovation. |
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http://www.wil-rich.com
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| | Conservation Tillage: An AFSIC Find-It Guide |
| | "chisel till" OR "chisel tillage" OR "sod seeding" OR "sod seed" | | | Southern Conserservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture (full-text proceedings online) | | | "reduced till" OR "reduced tillage" OR "reducing tillage" OR "strip-till" OR "strip tillage" |
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http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/findit/contillage.html
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| | South Dakota No-Till Association |
| | If I don't have a darned good reason for fall tillage, I will wait until spring. | | | If it's planting time and I still don't have a good reason, I will try No-Till." |
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http://www.sdnotill.com
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| | Reduced Tillage LINKAGES - Home |
| | Control of winter annual weeds factsheet revised August 2005 (PDF 79 kb) | | | See how our Farmer to Farmer Network can help you - Click Here | | | Find your Reduced Tillage Agronomist - Click Here |
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http://www.reducedtillage.ca
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| | Bourgault Tillage Tools |
| | Our products are available as original equipment on new Bourgault Cultivators or Air Hoe Drills, or as after market replacement parts on any make or model of tillage and air seeding equipment. | | | Bourgault Tillage Tools is a leader in Researching and Developing new products for the tillage and air seeding market. | | | Our quick change seed boot system as well as our speed-loc system are two products that are also exclusive to Bourgault Tillage Tools. |
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http://www.tillagetools.com
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| | Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. |
| | Regardless of the situation, Nichols Tillage Tools has the best product for any tillage application. | | | Nichols now offers flexible drag harrows and harrow carts, available in several sizes to accomodate just about any job. | | | In fact, our ideas have been so successful that they have been adopted as standard features in cultivation tools. |
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http://www.nicholstillagetools.com
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| | Conservation Tillage - Core 4 |
| | Status and Trends in Suspended - Sediment Discharges, Soil Erosion, and Conservation Tillage... |
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http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/CT/CT.html
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