Broadcast Newsline: June 17, 2009

There are many incentives for producers to incorporate conservation tillage into their management options.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Wayne Reeves with USDA-ARS in Watkinsville, Georgia.

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Conservation tillage is using little or no tillage in order to increase the crop residue left in the field after harvest.  Wayne Reeves, with USDA-ARS, says there are many incentives for producers to incorporate conservation tillage into their management options.

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Reeves says the adoption rate across the cotton belt varies by region.

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Reeves believes there is a conservation tillage system for just about every crop, especially cotton.

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