farm size, and alternative tillage practices on profit maximizing potential of corn cob and stover collection in North … corn yield due to changes in tillage practice can result in a large decline in the net profit of harvesting corn grain and …

Most U.S. farmers prepare their soil for seeding and weed and pest control through tillage—plowing operations that … disturb the soil. Tillage practices affect soil carbon, water pollution, and farmers’ energy and pesticide use, and therefore … data on tillage can be valuable for understanding the practice’s role in reaching climate and other environmental goals. In …

One of the main concepts of tillage should be to create the most appropriate soil conditions by taking into … decrease. Therefore, the study was perform to evaluate the effects of different tillage systems on energy use, the energy … output/input ratios and profitability for silage corn (Zea mays L) production. The tillage systems were consisted of …

Land management practices such as conservation tillage and optimum irrigation are routinely used to reduce non … were also evaluated. In total, 20 BMPs scenarios were tested. The BMPs proposed considered tillage (conservation and no-tillage … reductions were even increased. The BMP scenario combining optimum irrigation application, conservation tillage and reduced P …

Nowadays, tractor is still the basic power unit in almost all production processes in agriculture, including tillage …. These relevant parameters are defined in this paper, as well as the energy inputs introduced in the tillage through the …–machinery systems. A method of selecting the optimal tractor for different tillage technologies is presented in this paper. The results …

manure and tillage practices on enzyme activities that are key to biogeochemical cycling such as β-glucosidase (C cycling), α …> and high: 96 kg N ha⁻¹) and tillage practices in CO; (ii) three years of beef manure applications to a silt … loam at different rates (0, low: 67 kg N ha⁻¹ and high: 134 kg N ha⁻¹) and tillage practices in KS …