Funded by
USDA - Cooperative Research, Extension and Education Service during
FY1996 through FY2001 at approximately $500,000/year
Objectives
1. Determine
the impact of farming practices and systems on soil, water and
air quality
2. Develop
new technologies and increase efficiency of inputs that improve
profitability of conservation farming systems.
3. Assess
the profitability of conservation farming systems, document growers'
progress in implementing conservation farming practices, and identify
effective and profitable conservation policies.
4. Accelerate
grower evaluation and adaptation of profitable conservation farming
systems.
Committees
(effective January 2001)
Grower
Advisory Committee
Garry Esser
Idaho Grain Producers Association (2004)
Lee Hawley, Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts (2004)
Chris Rauch, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation District (2004)
Jack Osterlund, Oregon Wheat Growers League (2002)
Wade Troutman, Washington Association of Soil Conservation Districts
(2003)
Don Wellsandt, Washington Association of Wheat Growers (2002)
Russ Zenner, USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council (2004)
(Term ends at the January meeting in the year indicated in parenthesis)
Technical
Coordinating Committee
David Bezdicek,
STEEP Co-Chair (WSU)
Donn Thill, STEEP Co-Chair (UI)
Don Wysocki , STEEP Co-Chair (OSU)
John Hammel (UI) - Moscow
Russ Karow; (OSU) - Corvallis
Dennis Roe (USDA-NRCS) - Pullman
Bill Schillinger (WSU) Ritzville
Steve Petrie (OSU) - Pendleton
Dale Wilkins (USDA-ARS)- Pendleton
Roger Veseth (UI/WSU - Extension) - Moscow
Administrative
Committee
Dr. Antoinette
Betschart ARS Western Regional Research Center Director, Albany,
CA
Michael Burke, Assoc. Director, OSU Agric. Experiment Station,
Corvallis, OR
Ralph Cavalieri, Assoc. Director, WSU Agricultural Research Center,
Pullman, WA
Richard Heimsch, Director, UI Agricultural Experiment Station,
Moscow, ID
Lyla Houglum, Director, OSU Extended Education and Extension Service,
Corvallis, OR
Leonard Jordan, State Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, Spokane, WA
John Hammel, Associate Dean, Academic Programs, CALS, UI, Moscow,
ID
Michael Tate, Director, WSU Cooperative Extension, Pullman, WA
