Cover Crop Research Journal

No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - March 2026

lessitef@lesspub.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:00:00 -0400

In this edition:

Sixty years of crop diversification with perennials improves yields more than no-tillage in Ohio grain cropping systems
Conservation Tillage Practices on GHG Emissions, Soil Health and Overall Agricultural Sustainability
Long-term continuous no-till corn-soybean systems: Examining soil carbon sequestration and nitrogen accumulation across various pools
Assessing the agricultural, environmental, and economic effects of crop diversity management: A comprehensive review on crop rotation and cover crop practices
Cover Crops Optimize Soil Fertility and Soybean Productivity in the Cerrado of MATOPIBA, Brazil
Short-term no-tillage improves soil water retention and maintains soil aeration at high moisture conditions despite reduced macroporosity
Tillage Radish as Cover Crop Improves Soil Health Indicators Depending on Pedoclimatic Conditions.

lessitef@lesspub.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

In this edition:

Exploring Soil Hydro-Physical Improvements Under No-Tillage: A Sustainable Approach for Soil Health.
Conservation agriculture: A pathway to achieving sustainable development goals.
Resource Conservation Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change Impacts in Agriculture: A Review.
Ch. 18 Soil Conservation.
Ch. 16 Climate Resilient Agriculture: The Perspective of Conservation Agricultural Practice.

lessitef@lesspub.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In this edition:

Soil health and conservation
In-season temporal variability of soil carbon and nitrogen pools after half a century of a tillage and crop rotation gradient.
Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health.
Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture.
Soil health and disturbance-based classification of farming systems.
Chapter 11. Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon and Conservation Agriculture.
Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Distribution, Soil Biological Characteristics, and Winter Wheat Yields Under Different Tillage Practices in Long-Term Field Experiment.

lessitef@lesspub.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In this edition:

No-Tillage System: A genuine Brazilian technology that meets current global demands
Nature’s laws of declining soil productivity and Conservation Agriculture.
Soil carbon storage or sustainable conservation agriculture practices—Which should be our goal?

lessitef@lesspub.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

In this edition:

Conservation Soil Tillage: Bridging Science and Farmer Expectations-An Overview from Southern to Northern Europe.
Comparison of bacterial communities of agricultural soils subjected to different types of tillage in the Valle del Mezquital, Mexico.
Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Nitrogen Dynamics: Effects of Maize Straw Incorporation Under Contrasting Nitrogen Fertilization Levels

lessitef@lesspub.com — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

In this edition:

Further Adoption of Conservation Tillage Can Increase Maize Yields in the Western U.S. Corn Belt
A New Theory for Soil Health
Weed Communities after Decades of Mineral Fertilization and Tillage Treatments in a Corn–Soybean Rotation
Changes in Soil Microbial Parameters after Herbicide Application in Soils under Conventional Tillage and Non-Tillage

lessitef@lesspub.com — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

In this edition:

Earthworms as Soil Health Indicators in No-Tillage Agroecosystems
No-Till Farming and Climate Change Mitigation: Lessons Learnt from Long-Term No-Till Experiments and Future Perspectives (Chapter 2)
The Impact of ‘T’-shaped Furrow Opener of No-Tillage Seeder on Straw and Soil Based on Discrete Element Method
Characterization of Soil Pores in Strip-Tilled and Conventionally-Tilled Soil Using X-ray Computed Tomography
Critical Review of the Impact of Cover Crops on Soil Properties
Understanding Farmers’ Adoption of Conservation Tillage in South Dakota: A Modified Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior