No-Till Farming
The Regional Applicability of a Revolutionary Agricultural Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip J Gersmehl (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/213511 |
| OpenAlex | W2313345412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
M /ORE than half of the corn in some parts of the United States emerges from essentially undisturbed soil. Plows, disks, harrows, cultivators, giant tractors, and the other heavy weapons of conventional mechanized farming are absent or lie idle, while slot planters and spray rigs assume the full burden of land preparation and weed control.1 The system is most commonly known as no-till farming, although it masquerades beneath a multitude of names and subtle regional variations. Proponents predict a rapid spread of the new technology; they project a tenfold increase in no-till acreage within thirty years.2 In this paper I shall examine their prediction in the light of the history, characteristics, and geographical limitations of no-till agriculture. Confusion among a variety of crops and production systems will be minimized by restricting the scope of this report to an analysis of slotplanted corn, the most radical and probably the most popular no-till practice
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Economics · Geography · No-till farming · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Crop Yield and Soil Fertility · Environmental Science · Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement · Soil Science
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |