Max Armstrong reports on no-till farming and its value for producers who have done the practice for more than 40 years. It reduces labor and cuts fuel costs. But there are reports of challenges to yields and soil productivity. Max shares that about 37% of farms use the practices. He adds that a new study from North Carolina State University showing that no-till acres have a higher land value than acres farmed with traditional practices. The study is the first to quantify land value benefits of no-till farming.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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