HAVE YOU JOINED the growing number of farmers across Ontario who no-till all of their crops? "As you've likely heard before, no-till farmers realize greater benefits compared to those who till in terms of reduced labour and fuel costs, and in reducedsoil erosion," says Adam Hayes, Soil Management Specialist for Field Crops at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs, based at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus. "Tillage equipment has been moving topsoil off of knolls for decades - and on many farms, totally removing it. This, combined with water erosion, has cost Ontario producers millions of dollars in lost yield."
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