The Illinois Corn Precision Conservation Management (PCM) program released data from 8 years of studies comparing the profitability of various tillage systems in east central Illinois. Among the key takeaways, no-till is a consistently profitable choice. Gary Schnitkey, Ag and Consumer Economics Professor with the University of Illinois broke it down during a recent webinar.

“You can see in the most recent 2 years, 2022 and 2023, no-till has had an advantage over 1-pass systems — $48 in 2022, $26 in 2023. The biggest difference was in 2018 when we had a $47 advantage for 1-pass systems. If you’re looking at those from year to year to year, they do vary and there is a significant difference by year, but it’s hard to tell which year you’re going to have before it begins.” 

Schnitkey dives deeper into the data during the 1-hour webinar. We included a link in the article on No-TillFarmer.com.

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