The conditions vary widely, but like you said, tilth, organic matter and water holding capacity, I have seen some dry years with corn in this field and its always held its own on moisture even in the driest summers, though it was in oats '10 which was extremely dry, a summer like that is rare anyway.
The farmer who worked this ground always moldboard plowed and either disc'd or dragged a harrow after spring only. I can see getting clumps in similar conditions, though there is some gravel content in theses soils, still enough clay, loam to make those clumps.
The large dairy farm in town does a variety of things, be it from crop rotation, soil types etc, he runs tank trucks to spread manure, seems to get most of his fields too. Some are tilled up, some not.
I'm not aware of any no till operations around here, seems to be conventional kinds of tillage, but having experienced spring planting 500 acres the old way, that sure would be nice if it could produce.
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