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  2. No-till farming - Wikipedia

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    No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain.

  3. Farmers learn about no-till farming, effects on soil - AOL

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    Sep. 11—LIMA — Farmers from area counties discovered how no-till farming can boost soil health and enhance carbon retention Tuesday at Burkholder Farms. At 6720 Stewart Road in Lima, farm ...

  4. Minimum tillage - Wikipedia

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    Minimum tillage is a soil conservation system like strip-till with the goal of minimum soil manipulation necessary for a successful crop production. It is a tillage method that does not turn the soil over, in contrast to intensive tillage, which changes the soil structure using ploughs .

  5. Natural farming - Wikipedia

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    Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at Akame Natural Farm School. Widely regarded as the leading practitioner of the second-generation of natural farmers, Yoshikazu Kawaguchi is the instigator of Akame Natural Farm School, and a related network of volunteer-based "no-tuition" natural farming schools in Japan that numbers 40 locations and more than 900 concurrent students. [18]

  6. Kristjan Hebert - Wikipedia

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    Kristjan Hebert is a Canadian grain farmer, public speaker, zero-till advocate, and ag-tech entrepreneur based in Saskatchewan.He is known for his contributions to agricultural practices, particularly zero-till farming, and his advocacy for sustainable agriculture and agri-technology.

  7. Masanobu Fukuoka - Wikipedia

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    Despite these circumstances, in 1947 he took up natural farming again with success, using no-till farming methods to raise rice and barley. He wrote his first book, Mu 1: The God Revolution, or Mu 1: Kami no Kakumei (無〈1〉神の革命) in Japanese, during the same year, and worked to spread word of the benefits of his methods and philosophy.

  8. Conor Crickmore - Wikipedia

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    Neversink Farm is a certified organic farm in Claryville, New York. It was opened by Conor Crickmore and his wife Kate Crickmore in 2009. Neversink Farm is a 1.5 acre No-Till organic farm. "No Till" at Neversink, is described by Conor as reducing soil disturbance and keeping soil layers intact. Neversink Farm uses a permanent bed system.

  9. Crop residue - Wikipedia

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    The impact of residue placement (buried by tillage or left on the surface in zero tillage) on nutrient cycling and efficiency is under study. [ citation needed ] Thus, the practice of calculating the fertilizer equivalent value of the nutrients in crop residue is a reasonable guide to estimating the partial value of crop residues.