Soil-Saving Farming—Traditions and Modernity (To the 130th Anniversary of T. S. Maltsev)

In November 2025, Terenty Semenovich Maltsev will celebrate his 130th birthday. Terenty Semenovich Maltsev, an honorary academician of the All-Russian Agricultural Scientific Institute, and a two-time Hero of Socialist Labor, is the creator of an innovative farming system that focuses on conserving soil moisture, preventing soil erosion, and effectively controlling weeds. Maltsev’s research has led to the development of soil-saving, moisture-accumulating tillage techniques, short-rotation crop rotations, and effective weed control methods. These innovative technologies were widely implemented in many soil and climatic zones of the country, including the Urals, Siberia, and Northern Kazakhstan, which significantly increased the yield of grain crops and prevented widespread wind erosion of the soil. The ideas and practical developments of T. S. Maltsev and his associates served as the basis for the creation and widespread implementation of the system of minimum tillage, stubble sowing of grain crops, and the system of anti-erosion machines and units.