No-till saves water, increases yield
Standard tillage practices have been used throughout the San Joaquin Valley for nearly 90 years. Using similar inputs and amounts and pest management, UC Cooperative Extension cropping systems specialist Jeff Mitchell’s team showed that a garbanzo and sorghum rotation in no-till yielded at least as well as in standard tillage. Sorghum yields were similar in no-till and standard tillage systems while garbanzo yields matched or exceeded no-till…