Comments on: No-Till Practices Can Help Boost Farmland Value

By: April

April — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:27:59 +0000

Currently, I am proposing a research about “Contributing to Sustainable Farmland in the Philippines” can you help me about important facts or research if the ‘no tilling’ farming is possible and ideal in a tropical country?

By: April

April — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:24:00 +0000

Good day, what can you say about no-tilling farming in a tropical country like Philippines ? Is it possible ? Thank you

By: Stefano

Stefano — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:28:12 +0000

Great idea to quantify added value of sustainable and regenerative practices, but these numbers seem to be based solely on owners’ self-appraisal. Isn’t there any hard data, from land brokers, for instance? And how about the added value of increased soil moisture and organic matter measurements?

By: Bob Parkey

Bob Parkey — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:30:22 +0000

No-Till is an answer to tillage if you ignore its shortcomings in converting existing growing plant populations to another crop. How do you kill a growing pasture that has passed its prime? Either you disk or use alternate soil disturbing practices or spray the vegetation into a mass of brown toxic vegetable matter. No-Till works great with barren land which has lost its ability to regenerate itself and depends upon copious amounts of artificial nitrogen sources and minerals. If indeed carbon dioxide is the problem it is purported, vibrant green plant populations are an answer to sequester this problem gas into a viable carbon source for soil health and plant growth. A totally clean field devoid of any vegetation other than that planted is as archaic as the vibrantly green lawns so prized by the typical homeowner. We have been sold a bill of goods by chemical enterprises who in the pursuit of profits have lavished research monies into the hands of land grant universities that recognize a ‘cash cow” when they see one. Please realize one of those chemical giants is the same monster who supplied the insecticide used to terminate Jews in the many gas chambers used by the Nazis.
All I’m saying is, no-till is great if you believe in doing the same thing your neighbor is and his neighbor is. Einstein is often quoted as saying, ‘the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.”

By: Naomi Chorney

Naomi Chorney — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:22:21 +0000

Cool article. A very practical, no-nonsense way to demonstrate the economic benefit of no-till farming. What better incentive do you need?

By: James Doyle

James Doyle — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:05:51 +0000

But it requires more chemical use

By: Johnny Jackson

Johnny Jackson — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:58:35 +0000

It’s North Carolina State University. There is also a University of North Carolina. But there is not a North Carolina University.

By: Otis Needleman

Otis Needleman — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:37:21 +0000

This is rather obvious, but the quantification is nice to see.