No-till systems typically involve minimal soil disturbance with plant residues covering about 90 percent of the soil surface. The conservation and agronomic benefits of no-till are numerous.
Prairie voles require a full canopy cover for protection from predators.
This situation primarily occurs in fields that have had the vegetative cover maintained for more than one year prior to planting no-till crops. An understanding of the prairie vole's habits, life cycle, habitat preferences and damage characteristics is essential before damage prevention measures can be implemented for no-till crop production. The ears of a vole are very small. Its torpedo-shaped body is about 4 to 5 inches long. Its tail is very short.