Energy Efficiency Reference/Agriculture

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Agricultural Resource Saving Concepts--for further development

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Fertilizer Inputs
There are sizable petroleum inputs in conventional fertilizers. A reduction in fertilizer application means not only fewer trips across the field with a tractor and fewer labor hours to operate the tractor, but also a genuine cost and fossil input savings. This would have a strong impact on the greenhouse gasses associated with fertilization.
Strip Tillage
 
An example of Strip Tilling
Strip tilling helps combine the practices of tilling and no-till farming.

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