Conservation Tillage Systems and Management
This book is now available from the ISU Extension Store:
https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/2723
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:
- Tillage benefits & tillage system definitions
- Wind & water erosion
- Crop residue & 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 & weed management
- Insect & disease management
- Rodent damage control
- Site-specific crop management
- Tillage system selection & equipment descriptions
- Fall strip-tillage systems
- No-till & ridge-till planting equipment
- No-till drills
- Crop cultivators
- Pesticide application equipment
270 pp, 8 1/2 x 11, color, illus., soft cover, 2000
ISBN 0-089373-088-2 Return to Crop Production