PULLMAN, Wash. — The Fifth Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference is scheduled Jan.16-18 at the Doubletree Hotel — City Center — in Spokane. The conference will be held in conjunction with Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Forum. It will feature 24 speakers, including 10 growers from the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Some major […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Direct Seed and Precision Farming Research Field Day, Thursday, June 28, will be the first field day ever held at the new WSU Cunningham Agronomy Farm northeast of here. The field day program will feature new technologies for direct seed cropping systems and precision farming in the intermediate and higher rainfall […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Northwest grain growers who are interested in converting their operations to direct seeding can learn about this conservation farming system from a new series of 16 grower case studies published by Washington State University, the University of Idaho and Oregon State University. Roger Veseth, extension conservation tillage specialist for Washington State University […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A field day on direct seed systems and precision farming research at the WSU/USDA-ARS Cunningham Agronomy Farm will be held on June 28. The 140-acre Cunningham Agronomy Farm is a new long-term research site. Research there focuses on development of direct seed cropping systems and understanding field variability of a typical Palouse […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Free copies of the Proceedings from the 2001 Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and the 2000 PNW STEEP Annual Report on conservation tillage systems research and educational projects can be ordered from Washington State University’s crop and soil sciences department. The conference, held Jan. 17-19 in Spokane, featured 27 speakers, including 14 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Digital-quality videos made at the 4th Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference, Jan. 17-19, in Spokane are available from Washington State University. The conference featured 27 speakers, including 14 growers from five states and four foreign countries. More than 730 people attended. Four videos feature the four half-day focus sessions: Northern Great […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Growers who register by Jan. 10 can attend the 2001 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference in Spokane for $75. Spouses can register for $35. The Jan. 17-19 conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel-City Center in Spokane in conjunction with Spokane Ag Expo and PNW Farm Forum — the largest […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A Chilean farmer who has earned international recognition for using no-till farming techniques to return severely eroded cropland into productivity and profitability will speak at the 2001 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference in Spokane, Jan. 17-19. Carlos Crovetto, who farms 1,000 acres, avidly promotes no-till at speaking engagements in South America, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Fourteen U.S. and international growers with a wealth of experience in no-till will speak at the 2001 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference Jan. 17-19, 2001 at the Spokane Doubletree Hotel-City Center. The overseas contingent includes Jeff Esdaile, who has managed a 10,000-acre farm in New South Wales, Australia for 24 years. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. The 2001 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference will be held in conjunction with the Spokane Ag Expo — the largest Inland Northwest farm show. The conference will be Jan. 17-19, 2001 in the Spokane Doubletree Hotel-City Center. The Spokane Ag Expo will be Jan. 16-18 in the adjoining Washington State Ag Trade […]