by "FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jul 4, 2008 at 05:35 PM
"Billy" <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:wildbilly-
As you will see, industrial no-till was introduced
> to combat the erosion and loss of top soil. But industrial no-till
> relies on expensive chemical inputs of fertilizers and increasing
> quantities of chemical remedies to combat pests (vegetative and insect
> problems)
I think your post is a bit too broad in it's scope.
You might be interested to read up on P.A. Yeomans and his farming methods
ie keyline. He was a broadacre farmer who really understood how to
conserve
and in fact improve his land with some mechanical tillage (of sorts)
