Minimum Tillage is a production system in which soil cultivation is kept to the minimum necessary for crop establishment and growth. The table below provides links to existing practical information on the use of minimum tillage in agriculture.
This page is constantly under review, and its contents may change.
| Title | Language | Country | Format | Description | Organisation |
| Cultivation techniques to protect soils | EN | UK | Fact sheet | Provides steps to success and a farmer case study |
The Rivers Trusts |
| Minimum tillage | EN | UK | Technical Note | Technical requirements for minimum tillage and three farmer case studies |
SRUC |
| No-Till 101 | EN | USA | Website | American webpage with information on no-till systems. |
No-till Farmer |
| EN | UK | Guidance document | Guidance on minimum tillage from Kuhn Farm Machinery company |
Kuhn Farm Machinery |
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| Minimum tillage | EN | UK | Website | Provides detail on different min till options and effects of reduced tillage |
Vaderstad |
| Economic and ecological benefits of reduced tillage in the UK | EN | UK | Report | This report reviews the various benefits that can be achieved by reduced tillage |
Agricology |
| Margin gains from reduced tillage costs | EN | UK | Article | Lays out research covering different tillage options and its effects on crop margins |
Syngenta |
| To Plough or Not to Plough | EN | UK | Briefing | Provides all current knowledge on both methods of conservation tillage |
Soil Association |
| Reduced Tillage: Farmer’s motivations and problems | EN | UK | Video | Provides valuable insights into the motivations of farmers who have adopted reduced tillage and challenges they have encountered |
Agricology |
| Minimum Tillage | EN | UK | Technical notes | Provides key points to success using min till |
SAC Consulting |
| Agri-environmental indicator: Tillage Practices | EN | EU | Article | Fact sheet of the European Union agri-environmental indicator tillage practices |
European Union |
| Action: Reduced Tillage | EN | Europe | Website | Provides information on how reducing tillage can aid the environment, looking at different studies all over Europe |
Conservation Evidence |
| Reduced tillage in organic farming systems in Europe: lessons learnt from the TILMANORG project | EN/FR | Europe/France |
Presentation /booklet |
Provides insight into reducing tillage in organic farming systems |
INRAE |
