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<br /> <br />00031 <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />1M1';;;;'-";;;''''!I:;;iJ Cd.o~do <br />a j ~G' 111 2000 lre <br />IDpinllJ ~ eervation Board University <br /> <br />~~IU~ Cooperative Extension <br />Colorado State University <br />Southeast Region <br /> <br />/. <br /> <br />October 10, 2000 <br /> <br />Jim Valliant <br />Regional Irrigation <br /> <br />Reply to: 411. North 10th street <br />f ~ Rocky Ford, CO 91067 <br />_:'.. ^.' '11.1 ".- .. v valfi .iant@coop.ext.colostate.edu <br />.... ~ .;..~ (719) 254-7608 <br /> <br />Specialist <br /> <br />.......For Immediate Release...... <br /> <br />REDUCED TILLAGE - NOW IS THE TIME! <br /> <br />"Now is the time for farmers to look seriously at reduced <br /> <br />tillage. With soil moisture low and fuel cost high, farmers <br /> <br />can't afford to run their tractors and equipment through the <br /> <br />field plowing out the moisture and, in many cases, unnessarily <br /> <br />burning fuel", according to Jim Valliant, regional irrigation <br /> <br />specialist for Colorado State university Cooperative Extension. <br /> <br />Many farmers moldboard plow their old stands of alfalfa to <br /> <br />plant corn the following year but four-years of study, comparing <br /> <br />plowing to reduced tillage, show that they are losing an average <br /> <br />of $21.51 per acre. <br /> <br />Comparing the two methods of tillage from <br /> <br />1994 through 1997, the reduced tilled areas, which <br /> <br />:~ <br />~~~ <br /> <br />were: (l)disked twice in the spring, corrugated, <br /> <br />sprayed and planted or (2)disked twice, <br /> <br />corrugated; planted and then sprayed, averaged <br /> <br />Colorado State University. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Prowers, Baca. Dent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa and Otero <br />Counties cooperating. Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. <br />