Vertical tillage tools have deep-digging shanks that break up compacted layers of soil, eliminating the density change layer put in place by horizontal tillage. Tools include: in-line rippers ...

Tillage places weed seeds in better contact with the soil, also facilitating germination. In terms of weed control, deep tillage is a mixed blessing. It may bring up dormant seeds buried in the soil, ...

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 ...

“If it’s at 12" deep, though, you will need a more specific tool to accomplish that.” 2. Consider your soil surface residue needs and density layers before purchasing vertical tillage equipmen ...

“Letting natural soil cracking break up deep compaction is much easier, convenient and effective than trying to mechanically ...

A research team in the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel ammonium adsorbent that significantly reduces ammonia emissions from wheat fields, ...