https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/8651-long-term-no-till-soil-health-focus-boosts-yields?v=preview https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/8651-long-term-no

https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/8651-long-term-no-till-soil-health-focus-boosts-yields?v=preview https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/8651-long-term-no-til... "No-till practices weren’t doing enough to improve his soil resource. So Montel shifted his priorities to building soil health and it’s paying off: Montel harvested an average of 197 bushels of corn per acre across the farm last fall," https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429015300228 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037842901... "No-till yields matched conventional tillage yields for oilseed, cotton, and legume crop categories. Among cereals, the negative impacts of no-till were smallest for wheat (−2.6%) and largest for rice (−7.5%) and maize (−7.6%). No-till performed best under rainfed conditions in dry climates, with yields often being equal to or higher than conventional tillage practices. Yields in the first 1–2 years following no-till implementation declined for all crops except oilseeds and cotton, but matched conventional tillage yields after 3–10 years except for maize and wheat in humid climates. Overall, no-till yields were reduced by 12% without N fertilizer addition and 4% with inorganic N addition." Changing farming practices does not seem to lower the yield per acre in a significant way, so it does not mean going back to 1936 level yields.