MWPS 0045
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Conservation Tillage Systems and Management
Product Description
Crop Residue Management with No-till, Ridge-till, Mulch-till, and Strip-till
This resource book is filled with a wealth of information relating to conservation tillage systems and how to manage them. Helpful to producers who are investigating conservation tillage – contemplating its long-range issues – and looking for assistance for selecting equipment.
Topics include:
This resource book is filled with a wealth of information relating to conservation tillage systems and how to manage them. Helpful to producers who are investigating conservation tillage – contemplating its long-range issues – and looking for assistance for selecting equipment.
Topics include:
- Tillage benefits and tillage system definitions
- Wind and water erosion
- Crop residue and irrigation water management
- Residue management oat harvest
- Estimating residue cover
- Crop response to tillage systems
- Costs and returns
- Soil compaction
- Controlled traffic
- Water quality
- Converting CRP to crop production
- Integrated crop management
- Cover crop management in cotton
- Nutrient and weed management
- Insect and disease management
- Rodent damage control
- Site-specific crop management
- Tillage system selection and equipment descriptions
- Fall strip-tillage systems
- No-till and ridge-till planting equipment
- No-till drills
- Crop cultivators
- Pesticide application equipment
Product Details
Pages / Length: 270
Publication Date: 01/2000
- In Stock