| As a result, the yield potentials of such soils are usually higher under no-till or ridge tillage than under moldboard plowing. |
| Conventional alfalfa plantings involve several tillage operations to prepare a seedbed, followed by drilling the alfalfa seed. |
| Reduced tillage, crop rotations, and dispersed livestock all reduce energy needs and make more efficient use of renewable resources. |
| No-till is a method of planting crops in the residue of previous crops, without any kind of tillage before or after planting. |
| But Donahue tells us that the switch from grains to hay, from tillage to meadow did not signal a retreat. |
| The warm soil, full of weed seed ready to grow, responds to tillage quickly with a new flush of weeds. |
