John Deere’s latest tillage tool lineup provides more flexibility for farmers through new smaller two-section high-speed disk models in four widths, and autonomy-ready rippers and field cultivators.

For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus. Sooner or ...

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

John Nowatzki remembers driving from Jamestown, N.D., to Cavalier, N.D., a trip of about 180 miles in central North Dakota, on a November afternoon in 2012. Along the way, Nowatzki, the North Dakota ...

Ten years ago, north-central Iowa farmer Dave Gerber did what few dare—he switched all of his 1,100 acres from conventional tillage to strip-till in just one season. He now spends 60% less on diesel ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings show a systematic ...

Agricultural conservation practices are pivotal to addressing a host of environmental and natural resources concerns including soil health, water quality and climate resilience. At the same time, it ...

Located in the renowned dairying stronghold around Donoughmore village in mid-Cork, a 73-acre farm is new to the market with ...

Teagasc officially launched its newest 'Rye Grower's Guide' at the 2026 National Tillage Conference, providing detailed ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the ...