My name is Danny Davis I began farming in Southwest Oklahoma in 1971, after attending Southwestern State University. My Dad and I currently manage a 1900 acre Cotton, Corn, Wheat, and Mother Cow operation near our hometown of Canute, Oklahoma. We also, along with other growers own our gin, Progressive Ag Inc. We became interested in reduced and no till cotton farming in the mid 1970's.

We tried several different approaches to this type of cotton production and it quickly became apparent, due to our sandy soils and low organic matter content we had many problems to overcome. Major problems were the number of chemicals available for use in sandy soils, label restrictions on cover crop establishment, and compaction. If these problems could be dealt with, we could see a great potential in high residue farming in our area.

The major benefits are soil conservation and improving soil characteristics, but other benefits are greatly reducing the environmental risks, while at the same time cutting tremendously our machine and operating costs adding a vast amount of diversity to our operation.