Some zero-tillers in Manitoba are taking a sober second look at herbicide-tolerant crops and the impact they might have on the economics of their no-till systems.

No-Tillers moving toward a pesticide-free production system are well positioned to tap into the rapidly growing environmental food market, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist says.

If there's one thing zero-till farmers aren’t afraid to do, it's trying something new. That might explain why a new pesticide-free production (PFP) system being explored by a team of Manitoba researchers is attracting so much interest from the province’s no-till farming community.