No-Till Farming Is a Growing Practice (Paperback)

Most U.S. farmers prepare their soil for seeding and weed and pest control through tillage-plowing operations that disturb the soil. Tillage practices affect soil carbon, water pollution, and farmers' energy and pesticide use, and therefore data on tillage can be valuable for understanding the practice's role in reaching climate and other environmental goals. In order to help policymakers and other interested parties better understand U.S. tillage practices and, especially, those practices' potential contribution to climate-change efforts, ERS researchers compiled data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the National Resources Inventory-Conservation Effects Assessment Project's Cropland Survey. The data show that approximately 35.5 percent of U.S. cropland planted to eight major crops, or 88 million acres, had no tillage operations in 2009.

General

Imprint:	Bibliogov
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Creators:	United Economic Research Service (Ers)
Authors:	John Horowitz • Robert Ebel
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	32
ISBN-13:	978-1-249-33085-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	1-249-33085-8
Barcode:	9781249330851

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