No-till rare in California, No. 1 ag state

Just 3 percent of California’s crop land is in no-till, compared to a national average of 35 percent, says Comstock’s business magazine, based in Sacramento, citing UC Davis research. “Farmers in California’s central farmlands have been using large disks and tills to rip and turn their soil for almost a century,” creating dust, the magazine says. State officials… » Read More

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