PULLMAN, Wash. – Having the right number of cattle on the right piece of land for the right amount of time for the right reasons may be one of the most powerful tools farmers have to ensure the long-term sustainability — both economic and environmental — of their operations, according to Donald D. Nelson, Extension […]
Pullman, Wash. — Don Nelson, Washington State University Extension beef specialist, has received a two-year $81,000 Ag Pilot grant from the state to test the feasibility and replicability of converting land coming out of the Conservation Reserve Program into a vertically integrated grass-fed beef production system. The Conservation Reserve Program was created by the 1985 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Eastern Washington farm operators and land owners with expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts can explore their options at workshops scheduled in Ritzville and Kennewick on June 11 and Waterville on June 16. Speakers will show producers how to analyze their decisions from an economic standpoint, discuss best ways for controlling weeds and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Economic impacts of the announced 60 percent drop in Washington acreage covered by the Conservation Reserve Program for the 1998 crop year will vary widely from farmer to farmer and from community to community, according to Washington State University agricultural economists. The state’s wheat industry reacted strongly to word last week that […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farmers taking land out of the Conservation Reserve Program have a unique opportunity to adopt direct seeding or other minimum tillage systems. Roger Veseth, extension conservation tillage specialist for Washington State University and the University of Idaho, says about 80 percent of the contracts on 2.5 million acres of Northwest land in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Farmers who plan to take land out of the Conservation Reserve Program this year should start weed control this spring, before removing land from CRP. So advises Washington State University Weed Scientist Joseph Yenish. More than 80 percent of CRP contracts in the Pacific Northwest will expire in 1997. Much of this […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — New computer software from Washington State University Cooperative Extension will help farmers decide if they should enroll or re-enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program in March. “Our software is designed to help producers nationwide analyze the economics of enrolling land in CRP versus returning it to crop production,” said Gayle Willett, WSU […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Some of the latest technologies and grower innovations on conservation farming systems will be featured at the Pacific Northwest STEEP III Conservation Farming Conference, Jan. 7-8 in Kennewick. STEEP is an acronym for Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems. The program involves more than 45 scientists from the University of Idaho, Oregon […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Some of the latest technologies and grower innovations on conservation farming systems will be featured at the Pacific Northwest STEEP III Conservation Farming Conference, Jan. 7-8 in Kennewick. STEEP is an acronym for Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems. The program involves more than 45 scientists from the University of Idaho, Oregon […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Research trials on direct seeding for Conservation Reserve Program take-out and direct seeding demonstrations with seven drills will be featured in a field day near Ritzville, June 20. They are part of Monsanto’s “Fields of Tomorrow” program in cooperation with Washington State University, University of Idaho, grower groups, agencies and agribusinesses. The […]