Reply #5: "Low Till - No Till" Farming techniques which farmers could have been more

[JohnWxy]

enthusiastic about adopting (there is much more to be done in acceptance of these techniqes) really reduces evaporative losses and erosion quite a bit. Hopefully, farmers will begin to use these techniques more.

On the subject of nitrogen usage (I realize this doesn't fit the definition of organic farming but for conventional methods this does show improvement) Iowa farmers reduced their use of nitrogen fertilizer about 16% compared to farmers in neighboring corn belt states and maintained just as high or higher production as the farmers who didn't reduce nitrogen use.

This is a topic I'm not very well versed in but from what I have read there is quite a bit that can be accomplished in the area of more efficient farming techniques and use of resources.