No-till systems biggest boost to Aussie grains since Green Revolution
Research by Rick Llewellyn and Jackie Ouzman, in the book Australian Agriculture in 2020 found that across Australia 92 per cent of farmers had used some form of no-till or conservation farming technique in their enterprise, with 80pc of the 2020 crop planted via no or zero till systems.
Posted on 14 Sep 2023
THE GREEN revolution, where farmers across developing nations made a quantum step-up in yields due to improved varieties and agronomics, was widely regarded as the most important agricultural shift in the past century.
In Australia, researchers and farmers in the grains industry regard the shift from conventional, cultivation-based cropping systems to no and zero till as close to important.
Published: 11 May 2023
Author(s): Gregor Heard