Benefits of high residue farming
Conservation tillage systems offer numerous benefits that intensive tillage systems cannot match. These advantages have been summarized as follows:
- Reduced labor requirements
- Time savings
- Reduced machinery wear
- Fuel savings
- Improved long- term productivity
- Improved surface water quality
- Reduced soil erosion
- Greater soil moisture retention
- Improved water infiltration
- Decreased soil compaction
- Improved soil tilth
- More wildlife
- Reduced release of carbon gases
- Reduced air pollution
Quelle: ISTRO, 1997: International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO), INFO- EXTRA, Vol. 3 Nr. 1, Januar 1997.