Farmer Experiences with Alternative Tillage Practices in the Western Lake Erie Basin

摘要

It is hypothesized that using reduced tillage systems on selected soils slightly increases producers' net incomes and sharply reduces soil loss and substantially improves water quality. To test the hypothesis that reduced tillage systems slightly increase prodcers' net incomes, 156 farm observations of various tillage systems were selected. The observatins were dispersed across 10 counties in the western Lake Erie Basin. Comparisons were made of yields and net incomes between various tillage systems. Results support the economic feasibility of reduced tillage systems than for conventional tillage. However, the improvement in net incomes and yields was not statistically significant for most reduced tillage systems. (Author)