Yeah, it's a survey/review paper, but the consolidation of results from 600+
papers is a valid way to form a consensus view.

 

TL;DR: No-Till saves topsoil in arid areas, and is the only way to go. 

In non-arid areas, it hits you right in the yield.

 

No-Till vs Till has been an Norse Saga length discussion ever since George
McKibben first started advocating it in Midwestern farming back in the
1960s.

 

Why does this matter to beekeepers?  

"No-Till" tended to generally increase herbicide use, and increase the
amount of herbicide used in each case.  

(The most basic form of kitchen-garden weed control was to grab a hoe, in
the pre-no-till years.)

 

 

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-no-till-agriculture-hoped-for-boost-global.html

http://tinyurl.com/ksrj6h5

 

Nature is paywalled of course, but here's the link to at least the abstract.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13809.html

http://tinyurl.com/m3uugwl

 

 


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