Less ploughing leads to higher crop yields
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Scientists have used modern technology to show that an ancient approach to agriculture may be the best.
Satellite imagery of nine US corn belt states – covering around one million square kilometres – and soybeans in three states shows that reducing crop tillage (ploughing) produces notably greater yields of both crops over the longer term.
Published by Cosmos.