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Practices like no-till and cover crops that build-up of total soil organic matter over time can lead to net carbon sequestration. Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 For Anderson, that system necessarily includes the integration of animals, cover crops between vineyard rows and a firm commitment to no-till farming. David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024 Techniques include crop rotation, composting, and no-till farming. Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024 The farmers will also receive instruction in no-till management, which calls for crops to be planted in narrow rows within the untilled seedbeds of previous crops. Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024 The Treasury Department recently tweaked that formula, taking into account the role farming practices, like planting cover crops and using no-till techniques, play in reducing carbon production. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024 The conservation district recommends oats, clover, rye or vetch for no-till cover cropping. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2024 Pollutants need to be kept out of the bay and the efforts towards no-till farming have not been as successful in Pennsylvania and Virginia as in Maryland, Trone said. Capital News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of no-till was in 1968

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“No-till.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-till. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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