The hottest farming argument since the tractor first challenged the horse was started last summer by Farmer Edward Faulkner’s attack on the moldboard plow —Plowman’s Folly (TIME, July 26). Last week ...

WASECA, Minn. -- Farming practices contribute to pollution in the Minnesota River Watershed, but perhaps not in obvious ways. The Minnesota River is one of the most polluted rivers in the nation and ...

Plowing in a field near Dillsburg, east of Rantoul are, from left, Greg Hammel with his John Deere 730 diesel, from left, Ryan Ackerman with his Farmall 560 diesel and Don Sjuts with his John Deere ...

A system of seedbed preparation by moldboard plowing and packing small ridges appears to fulfill two requirements for successful seeding-control wind erosion and eliminate competing vegetation. The ...

A quick lesson on the art of moldboard plowing is a good place to start this story. It’s considered antiquated nowadays with the GPS-controlled, almost drone-like farming methods, but it was the ...