Conventional Agriculture

“Across 41 farm sites and five soil series in Central Ohio, woodland soils had consistently lower bulk density and penetration resistance and higher porosity than cropland or meadow, while no-till and minimum till fields showed no clear physical advantage over conventional tillage even after 15+ years. Soil organic carbon explained a moderate share of variation in porosity, bulk density, and compaction (R² ≥ 0.33), suggesting building SOC is the lever — and that structural gains from reduced tillage may take longer than 15 years to show up.”

“Prioritizing Professional Development at the Interface of Natural Resources and Agriculture.”

“The initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under notill vs. conventional tillage.”

“Detection of Shelterbelt Density Change Using Historic APFO and NAIP Aerial Imagery.”

“Acute pesticide illnesses associated with off-target pesticide drift from agricultural applications: 11 states, 1998–2006.”

“The comparison of three environmental metrics for Cr, Pb, and Zn in the agricultural region of the Mid-Continent of USA.”

“Soil profile distribution of nutrients in contrasting soils amended with struvite and other conventional phosphorus fertilizers.”

“Biomaterials and Regenerative Agriculture: A Methodological Framework to Enable Circular Transitions.”

“A cultureindependent approach to understanding the role of soil fungal communities in i>Bromus tectorum/i> stand failure.”

“Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming.”

“In 13 years of the Rodale Farming Systems Trial, cutting tillage lowered gross revenues about 10-13% in conventional and low-input organic systems but also trimmed costs 5-6%, leaving net returns essentially unchanged (though with more year-to-year economic risk). The manure-based organic system with continuous living cover was least affected by reduced tillage and out-earned the conventional system even without organic price premiums.”