USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday 66.8 percent of major field crop acreage in Pennsylvania used no-till practices, up from 61.9 percent in 2013.

In 2014, conventional tillage was used on 15.6 percent of the major crop acreage in Pennsylvania, down slightly from the 16 percent recorded in 2013.

No-till was practiced on 66.8 percent of the major crop acreage, and other conservation tillage practices were used on the remaining 17.6 percent.

Corn and soybeans are the two crops with the highest acreages. Conventional till was used on 17.0 percent of the corn acreage, no-till was practiced on 65.9 percent of the acreage, and the remaining 17.1 percent of the corn acreage used other conservation tillage practices.

In soybeans, conventional till was used on 10.0 percent of the acreage, no-till was practiced on 73.0 percent of the acreage, and the remaining 17.1 percent of the acreage was cultivated using other conservation tillage practices.

For more information on the benefits of no-till, visit the PA No-Till Alliance website.

7/14/2014