Question

What is conservation tillage?

Answer 1

Answer:

Conservation tillage is any method of soil cultivation that leaves the previous year's crop residue (example: corn stalks and wheat stubble) on fields before and after planting the next crop to reduce soil erosion and runoff, as well as other benefits such as carbon sequestration.

The most important advantage of conservation tillage systems is significantly less soil erosion due to wind and water. Other advantages include reduced fuel and labor requirements. However, increased reliance may be placed on herbicides with some conservation tillage systems.

Reduced tillage or conservation tillage is a practice of minimizing soil disturbance and allowing crop residue or stubble to remain on the ground instead of being thrown away or incorporated into the soil.

##The 3 Types of Soil Tillage  are:

*Conventional tillage: Some farmers use machines like a plow or disc to turn over and loosen the soil after harvest (a process called tillage). ...

*Conservation tillage: This is a technique for planting seed that minimizes the disruption of soil and therefore helps prevent soil erosion.

* Not till.

Answer 2

Conservation tillage is a method of soil cultivation that leaves the previous year's crop residue on fields before and after planting the next crop. It is mainly done to reduce soil erosion and runoff. Conservation tillagemethods include no-till, strip-till and mulch-till