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We mean more than 50% of the farmed acres, and the definition is not tilling. Using a no-till planter to seed through the residue of the previous crop or cover
by agsdfgsd 8y ago
We mean more than 50% of the farmed acres, and the definition is not tilling. Using a no-till planter to seed through the residue of the previous crop or cover crop. Most of the tilled acres are using some form of conservation tillage too, like strip till. Get out of Ontario and go look at a real farm.
- Chyzwar 8y agoI do not know where you getting this data. I can tell you that in Europe there is very little land that is not tilled. Even on below if exclude grasslands you find that 70-90% of arable land is tilled. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Arable_area_by_tillage_practice,_EU-27,_IS,_NO,_CH,_ME_and_HR,_2010.png https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
- agsdfgsd 8y agoFrom the US and Canadian governments. That's why I said "in the US and Canada".
- Chyzwar 8y agoEven US and Canada no-till farming is still around 20-30%. It higher than Europe because of more intense use of herbicides and different farming practices. https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/11/30/saving-money-time-and-soil-economics-no-till-farming https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/11/30/saving-money-time... Wider use of crop rotation, GMO, farming robots and micro-irrigation might reduce the need for tilling but it is still very far of. Farming is heavily subsidized but still not very profitable. Margins are small and no-till methods are not economically viable for most places.
- agsdfgsd 8y agoJust repeating nonsense isn't productive. If a single farm can do it, then it is possible. So stop saying it isn't possible. Welcome to 2011: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/95-640-x/2011001/p1/p1-05-eng.htm#XV https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/95-640-x/2011001/p1/p1-0...