For many farmers, the decision to adopt no-till practices often comes down to economics.
That’s no different for Preston Simic, who no-tills 1,700 acres of winter wheat, corn and canola, along with double-crop soybeans and milo (grain sorghum) in north-central Oklahoma.
Simic has found preserving a layer of corn and milo stalks and wheat straw on his fields keeps more water in the soil profile and lets him diversify his rotation beyond continuous wheat.
Even…