Free resource tallies energy cost of tillage

摘要

DID the recent run-up in fuel prices change your thinking about tillage? Should it? When diesel fuel was a buck a gallon, some folks scoffed at fuel savings as a reason to no-till. Few scoff now. With diesel needling 3 per dollr gallon, people are thinking twice before chisel plowing or disking. Just how significant can savings be? The fastest, slickest way to find out is to run the Natural Resources Conservation Service three-click Energy Estimator, also called "ecat."