Conservation Agriculture

Frank Lessiter, editor of No-till Farmer, announced that the magazine is seeking nominations for the third class of no-tillers to be named "Responsible Nutrient Management Practitioners." Winners will be honored at the 19th annual National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The movement toward conservation tillage seems to fit right in with two other farming industry trends - pinching pennies and protecting the environment, according to an article in the September-October 2010 Grower magazine.

The Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems Workgroup has launched a new radio podcast to provide farmers information about adopting conservation tillage techniques at their operations.

After 10 years of experimentation, researchers at the University of Californias Westside Research and Extension Center in Five Points, Calif. have worked out a number of the kinks in conservation tillage (CT) practices for cotton and tomato rotations.

Combining low-pressure, overhead sprinklers with conservation tillage may become the new ag production model for the San Joaquin Valley. This combination of practices is quite common in many irrigated regions outside of California but are relatively new here in the Golden State.