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<br />'No-till' program urge( <br /> <br /> <br />By DEBORAH FRAZIER <br />Roclcy""-'I....~SIaf!W_ <br /> <br />Erosion took IOOno lhan tOO million Ions <br />ollopsoil_ Utt>equivalent 019 millioo <br />acres - from Colorado farmland lut <br />yea.. and agrK'ullutal t'lperts Tbunlday <br />ad\.Ol'IIII!d..'no-tinuprogramtowv{'$od. <br />toil ..nd money. <br />The US Soil Conwrvlltion Setvire esti- <br />mated lh8t wind pnd water {'rode 185 mil- <br />honact$n.;ilionallyeo.cbYl'ar,induding9 <br />mi/Jion in Colorado, <br />At the Monsanto FonIrn on RedllC'e<l <br />Tillage bE-ld in ~ver, lannen. federal <br />QHicialllandagricullllralrese-ardIendis- <br />N:sSedW.lIystocurt!e1'QUoo,including"no <br />till" <br />TrlldltiOMlly, farTTWl'$ plow up tM SlUb- <br />blt'afterU\f'ltarvcslandtilllheflt'ld <br />sevcralllml'S 10 control ,,'eE'ds befOn' <br />Illanung trn>Mll crop. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />Eacb UIDl' II fIeld is plowed, lhe soil <br />breaks up.and c:an be pj('ked up m~ <br />e.wlybY'l9'1IId In Colorado and otlterarid <br />sta.les.tillmgalsoincreasesl'vapo,alionof <br />moistu", from the IOU. <br />&dMekelburg. president of lbe Nation- <br />al AS$Ocialion of Comervalion 0l.nr1cts. <br />advoealedtillingonIYOfK'eafterb.aJ"\-'eS1 <br />and applying.. herbk~.t that limelO <br />ronlrolweeob. <br />The main bt:'lll'lil from le5s tilling il <br />teducedsoilem.ioo. bUI lhe practice also <br />improves mOisturE' noUOntion and crop <br />yields. hf' said, <br />'.A clean field looks nic-e, but looks <br />5houldn't dictate the answer to erosIOn." <br />said Mell.f'lbUrg.wboa.lsoowMaoooper. <br />atf'S II $.l)OO.,aCI'l' (ann in Vuma, Colo, <br />Th'f'SoiI~aliollSe-rviee("$LimatO:'d <br />tb.1t H pt'Tcent of the cropland in Ute <br />UnilO:'d Stales has an f'rosion rate beyond <br />its soU replacemenl rate, <br />The ilKTf."ased US/" of fert.iJ.inor. pe:tti. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />w <br /> <br /><II,' <br /> <br />cidcsaoob <br />'n5Odpr'O( <br />dlem;calsl <br />inwfutu <br />u..",_ <br />':er. <br />Virgil K\ <br />WllSOQa CI <br />for-um. He <br />'ourOf' fl~e <br />Plowing, <br />was more e <br />Jnlaboralll <br />cilb-but <br />bll"d. Kochi <br />~I{your <br />driving you <br />isootlor. <br />don.'t ba~e' <br />RedlK'ed U: <br />f,nming..n <br />than&ittillll <br />He!lllld t <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />,1'" <br /> <br />.~ <br />",. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />Mudslide comes to a stop <br />A mudsfide near OeBeque, Colo.. northeast of Grand JunctiOn. has come to a <br />stop, offICials say. Ills estimated to be about 40 feet thid!; and up to 1.500 leet <br />wide. Tile slide, one of dozens in the state, threatened a ranch and creek. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"'if> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. ," <br />"">?,,, <br />'. ,f <br />'t:?r~ <br />71F- '~ <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />< . . <br />.-, <br /> <br />&S<<lClATI'D__U <br /> <br />0007~~ <br />