Applying 1 ton per acre of gypsum on his fields every other year has made Jack Maloney's silt loam and silty clay loam soils more permeable to rain water, softer down through the soil profile and less prone to surface hardening. He says water does not stand in his fields like it did before he began using gypsum.

The roots of strip-tilled corn extended at least 6 inches deeper than no-tilled corn 25 days after emergence (DAE) in 2009 field trials conducted by Orthman Manufacturing Co. in Nebraska.

No-tillage systems in Brazil are becoming commonplace because of the health they provide for the soil.

No-tillers can learn how to improve the health of their soils with the help of the newly revised book "Building Soil For Better Health," written by two prominent soil scientists.

Since the early 2000s, strip-till implements have been emerging on the market, marrying some of the benefits of no-till with the benefits of tillage.

No-Tilled soils in the Great Plains were much more stable than plowed soils, according to a multi-year study by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service and universities.