tillage

And now, we see some of the fastest-growing practices in the country are changes to reduce tillage and to start to incorporate cover crops.

In hopes of boosting the nation’s potato supply, Ireland’s agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue announced he would work to deliver a payment of 100 euros per hectare for horticulture and tillage farmers.

Earlier this month, the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, proposed weakening or cutting rules in areas like crop rotation, soil cover protection and tillage methods.

Generally, it requires minimal to no tillage, with allelopathic properties that suppress weeds.

Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms.