Global Potential and Trade‐Offs of Conservation Tillage for Crop Productivity and Ecosystem Services This global assessment demonstrates that conservation tillage effectively balances agricultural productivity with environmental sustainability. The findings reveal that minimizing soil disturbance in...

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Global Potential and Trade-Offs of Conservation Tillage for Crop Productivity and Ecosystem Services

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#SoilOrganicMatter #carbonsequestration #soil #agriculture #CO2 #N2O #CH4 #landuse #Fertilisers #tillage

Area under Cereals up 4.9% in the 12 months to June 2025

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#CSOIreland #Ireland #Agriculture #Agribusiness #Farming #Prices #AgPrices #Livestock #Cattle #Sheep #Pigs #MilkStatistics #MilkProduction #Dairy #Milk #Tillage #Crops #Agronomy #CensusofAgriculture

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📄Assessment of soil quality properties and crop yield after long-term implementation of sustainable management practices in semiarid rainfed conditions
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#CoverCrops #Tillage #SoilStructure #Almond #SoilWaterContent #Yield

Irish farm incomes surge | ThinkBusiness Ireland’s farm incomes rose strongly in 2025 as milk and cattle prices increased. Outlook for 2026 points to softer commodity markets and tighter margins.

Irish farm incomes surge
Sector enters 2026 in strong financial health as milk and cattle prices lift earnings, though softer commodity markets are expected, says Bank of Ireland
#agri #business #irish #beef #tillage #poultry #agribusiness
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#soilerosion #tillage Thought there was ivy on the framed tree, but actually futher trees behind (#hedgerow I presume)

Glyphosate use in agricultural production: it’s contribution to global carbon dioxide emissions This paper estimates the annual global carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions from the manufacture, distribution and farm level use of glyphosate and estimates the annual contribution of glypho...

By facilitating conservation #tillage (i.e. reduced and no tillage), herbicide-tolerant crops and the corresponding #herbicides can help reduce carbon #emissions compared to conventional plow-based crop production: doi.org/10.1080/2164... #GMO #plantbreeding #agriculture

Soil management shapes the functional diversity of the inter-row vegetation in Mediterranean vineyards - Agronomy for Sustainable Development Weed control in vineyards often relies on intensive tillage, which can negatively affect soil health. While cover crops offer potential benefits (such as weed suppression and soil improvement), they m...

Warren Raffa, D., Virili, A., Carlesi, S. et al. Soil management shapes the functional diversity of the inter-row vegetation in Mediterranean vineyards. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 45, 46 (2025).
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#Barley #Clover #PigeonBean #CoverCropMixture #FunctionalTraits #Tillage

Optimizing #tillage and #fertilization practices to improve the #carbon #footprint and #energy efficiency of #wheat–#maize cropping systems
⚪️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2024.03.026
Prof. Te Peng Liuam from Shandong Agricultural University,
#agronomy

Old Tillage Farm Equipment by Brian Wallace Old Tillage Farm Equipment Photograph by Brian Wallace

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#FarmEquipment #Tillage

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Conservation #tillage and #straw affect thermal stability of #soil organic matter
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22 years of conservation tillage increased SOM thermal stability, energy density, and activation energy.

AgDealer.com New and Used Farm Equipment For Sale Lee Kilpatrick of Salford Group talks about the company's award-winning ro-crop cultivator at the 2025 National Farm Machinery Show.

AGDealerTV: Salford combines tech & tillage for high-speed
#Innovation #FarmEquipment #FarmingTech #Tillage #agsky
Salford awarded AE50 for new precision row-crop cultivator. It works at speeds of ~20 km/h (12 to 24-rows). Lee Kilpatrick with Salford talks about the tech
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Person processing wood products out of coppiced hedge

Flyer advertising Field Day at Fring Estate with photos of Ian Robertson and Matt England, and a combine harvesting cereal with clover understorey plus text about the event

Flyer advertising Field Day at Fraser farms with photof Jonty Brunyee, and Alex and Hannah Fraser, and scenes from the farm, plus text about the event

Promo image for Agricology podcast series 2 - to till or not to till

Our latest Agricology Newsletter is out! It's packed with podcasts, blogs, field days and new resources. #Tillage #livingmulches #grazing #coppicing #dairying
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Some great myth-busting on #tillage here from Mark Measures