We always remind our good friends in Washington, DC that we are the BIG West

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2 We always remind our good friends in Washington, DC that we are the BIG West

3 THE PERFECT NO-TILL SYSTEM

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9 Sustainable No-Till Options We found that deepbanding (6 ) of nutrients in severely eroded soils combined with paired-row NO-TILLAGE methods bought yields of hard red winter wheat from 3 bushels/acre to 43 bushels/acre under a 15 inch precipitation zone

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12 Sustainable No-Till Options To do this successfully in an organic management program you must work with nature, not against it. THINK OF THE TUMBLEWEED When does it seed? When does it maximize the climatic effect?

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16 674 SARE projects in the nation including no-till 111 projects in the west including no-till 78 projects in the west including reduced-till

17 The Western SARE Program: Research & Education Successes

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27 Bob Quinn

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31 The Western SARE Program: Professional Development Program Successes

32 The Western SARE Program: Farmer/Rancher Grant Successes

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51 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 1. Using the same management practices and techniques used previously in conventional farming. 2. Starting too big or using conservation tillage as a Cure All. Start small and slow. 3. Failure to control weeds before and/or after seeding if you don t control weeds, don t use conservation tillage. 4. Varieties can and do perform differently under conservation tillage. 5. Failure to modify irrigation practices which reflect conservation tillage s unique plant/soil/water/atmosphere relationship 6. Not adopting modified fertilizer placement techniques, especially Phosphorus and Potassium in conservation tillage systems. 7. Not giving conservation tillage a FAIR evaluation at least, three years if it is difficult to do conventional tillage farming, odds are, it is at least that or harder to do it under conservation tillage farming. 8. Failure to view and use conservation tillage as a whole management system not merely as a planting technique Minimum tillage requires maximum management. 9. Not adjusting conservation tillage planting equipment for each field and/or soil type Farm soils not fields. 10. Believing you always need expensive equipment to do conservation tillage R. L. Newhall. (1989) Agri-hints series : The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage. USU Cooperative Extension/AES Conservation Tillage Update FACT SHEET, March, 1989.

52 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 1. Using the same management practices and techniques used previously in conventional farming.

53 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 2. Starting too big or using conservation tillage as a Cure All. Start small and slow.

54 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 3. Failure to control weeds before and/or after seeding if you don t control weeds, don t use conservation tillage.

55 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 4. Varieties can and do perform differently under conservation tillage.

56 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 5. Failure to modify irrigation practices which reflect conservation tillage s unique plant/soil/water/atmosphere relationship

57 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 6. Not adopting modified fertilizer placement techniques, especially Phosphorus and Potassium in conservation tillage systems.

58 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 7. Not giving conservation tillage a FAIR evaluation at least, three years if it is difficult to do conventional tillage farming, odds are, it is at least that or harder to do it under conservation tillage farming.

59 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 8. Failure to view and use conservation tillage as a whole management system not merely as a planting technique Minimum tillage requires maximum management.

60 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 9. Not adjusting conservation tillage planting equipment for each field and/or soil type Farm soils not fields.

61 The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Using Conservation Tillage 10. Believing you always need expensive equipment to do conservation tillage

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