To get uniform shatter with vertical tillage tools, the depth must equal half the distance of the shank spacing. In other words, if you want to run a chisel plow 7" deep, place the shanks on 14" o ...

A new study from South Dakota State University reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil ...

For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus.

Currently much of the primary tillage is done in the fall. Deep tillage with the moldboard plow is still common, but fall chisel plowing for corn or soybeans is widely used. Other forms of ...

Tillage is often seen as the organic alternative to chemical weed control. Tillage can be very effective at reducing weed populations, but can it be embraced as the solution to the weed problem? What ...

Nighttime tillage was effective in reducing seedling emergence when a moldboard plow was used, but was ineffective when a chisel plow was used. Moldboard plowing may have moved a higher percentage of ...