No-till

It’s difficult to know how to compare enormous disasters with one another. What has been unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is often called the “greatest environmental disaster” we’ve faced as a nation.

The right combination of agricultural practices and definitive government policies could go a long way toward increasing carbon sequestration on the farm, according to Washington State University researchers.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Replacing costly chemicals with new crop rotations and no-till technology to raise dryland crops such as wheat and barley organically will be the focus of Washington State University scientists thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Integrated Organic Program. “This adds an important new dimension to our […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Alternatives to traditional tillage practices in agriculture are the topic of an article by Washington State University Regents Professor John Reganold and Pullman-based USDA Agricultural Research Service scientist David Huggins published in the July issue of Scientific American. The article is Reganold’s third for Scientific American. Titled “No-Till: The Quiet Revolution,” the […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Andy McGuire, Washington State University Extension’s Lauzier Agricultural Systems Educator at Ephrata, has received a $50,000 grant from the Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation to further research and demonstration work on high-residue farming systems at WSU’s Othello Research Unit. The grant will be used to purchase a center pivot sprinkler irrigation system to […]

PULLMAN, WASH. – Research on organic crop management for the Palouse will be featured at the Organic Dryland Cropping Systems Field Day scheduled 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Palouse Conservation Field Station. Among other things, growers will see research on weed control with conservation tillage and field-scale […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Research on best management practices and genetics to improve no-till spring cropping systems in the Northwest crop- fallow region will be showcased June 4 at the Ralston Project Field Day south of Ritzville. Research on the Ralston Project is conducted in an 11-inch annual rainfall zone. Fourteen scientists from nine disciplines, four […]

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. […]

RITZVILLE, Wash. — The Ralston Project Field Day, June 7, will feature results from the first four years of a large-scale study of no-till in annual spring cropping in the Northwest crop-fallow region. The program features results from the first four years of a five-year study in an 11-inch annual rainfall zone south of Ritzville, […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Agricultural economists at Washington State University have concluded that no-till production not only conserves soil but also helped experienced no-till growers cope with recent low wheat prices. Doug Young, professor of agricultural economics; Herb Hinman, a Cooperative Extension agricultural economist; and Oumou Camara, a former graduate student in agricultural economics, reported on […]