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Proceedings
Available -- 2003 NW Direct Seed Conference
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the 2003 Proceedings
If you missed
the 2003 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade
Show in Pasco, WA on January 8-10, you missed a great program that
featured 28 excellent speakers, 30 posters in the Research and Educational
Poster Exhibition, and a Trade Show with 23 commercial exhibits
--- and was attended by over 600 growers and Ag support personnel.
But, you can have the next best thing to being there --- the detailed
120-page Conference Proceedings. The Proceedings provides an in-depth
summary of the speaker presentations and is an excellent reference
on new technologies for direct seed cropping systems. The Proceedings
and additional Conference materials can also be accessible on NW
Direct Seed Conference Web site (http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/directseed).
The Conference
was organized as a service to growers by the Pacific Northwest STEEP
conservation farming research and educational program and the new
Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association. It was co-sponsored by
17 Ag support companies, and developed in cooperation with 12 PNW
grower organizations and other Ag support groups and agencies.
The program
featured 28 speakers, including 6 growers, from Idaho, Oregon, Washington,
South Dakota and New Zealand. Highlights of topic include: the great
debate on high versus low disturbance direct seed openers, stacked
rotation and other pest management strategies, transition economics,
crop marketing strategies for direct seeders, residue management
options, new weed control strategies, building direct seed partnerships
with landlords, managing for increased soil carbon and productivity,
and grower experiences across the region -- including from lower,
intermediate and higher precipitation zones, and under irrigation.
Copies of the
Proceedings are available for $8 (including mailing). Make checks
payable to Northwest Direct Seed Conference. Mail your request and
payment to: Northwest Direct Seed Conference, P.O. BOX 2002, Pasco,
WA 99302 Phone: 509-547-5538;
E-mail: <wpeay@mcmgt.com>.
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