To get uniform shatter with vertical tillage tools, the depth must equal half the distance of the shank spacing. In other words, if you want to run a chisel plow 7" deep, place the shanks on 14" o ...

then you can run a chisel plow. If you have deep density layers but need a lot of residue, you can run an inline ripper type of tool. 3. Make sure you run the vertical tillage tool level from ...

Currently much of the primary tillage is done in the fall. Deep tillage with the moldboard plow is still common, but fall chisel plowing for corn or soybeans is widely used. Other forms of ...

Tillage is often seen as the organic alternative to chemical weed control. Tillage can be very effective at reducing weed populations, but can it be embraced as the solution to the weed problem? What ...

Nighttime tillage was effective in reducing seedling emergence when a moldboard plow was used, but was ineffective when a chisel plow was used. Moldboard plowing may have moved a higher percentage of ...