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Practices such as cover cropping, no-till farming, crop rotation, and organic matter enrichment enhance plant growth and microbial activity, locking carbon into the soil rather than releasing it into the atmosphere. Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 The state’s water quality certification program considers practices like corrosion control, cover crops, no-till farming, precision farming and others when determining certification. Minnpost, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Practices like no-till and cover crops that build-up of total soil organic matter over time can lead to net carbon sequestration. Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Slightly more than half of growers (56 percent) adopted no-till or conservation tillage methods, while 62 percent integrated cover crops into their operations. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 For Anderson, that system necessarily includes the integration of animals, cover crops between vineyard rows and a firm commitment to no-till farming. David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024 Techniques include crop rotation, composting, and no-till farming. Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024 The farmers will also receive instruction in no-till management, which calls for crops to be planted in narrow rows within the untilled seedbeds of previous crops. Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024 The Treasury Department recently tweaked that formula, taking into account the role farming practices, like planting cover crops and using no-till techniques, play in reducing carbon production. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024

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First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of no-till was in 1968

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“No-till.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-till. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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