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<br /> <br />000311 <br /> <br />197.8 bushels per acre sliqhtly more than the moldboard plowed <br />area's 195.8. <br />However, more significant was the increase in tillage <br />operations where the moldboard plowing and associated practices <br />cost $198.55 compared to $182.42 or $16.13 per acre less with <br />reduced tillage. These costs were based on Most Common for <br />Southeast Colorado, 1996 Custom Rates for Colorado Farms and <br />Ranches. Colorado State University. <br />These cost rates have gone up considerably in 1999 and 2000, <br />due to increased fuel and equipment costs, while crop prices have <br /> <br />gone down. "This "deadly combination" makes it necessary for <br /> <br />farmers to look at ways to improve their bottom line and reduced <br /> <br /> <br />ti~~aqe when fOllowing alfalfa with corn has shown to increase <br /> <br /> <br />profits to the farmer", Valliant concluded. <br /> <br /> <br />For information concerning the reduced tillage study, <br /> <br />contact Jim Valliant or Pat Clifford at 719-254-7608 or e-mail at <br /> <br /> <br />valliant@coop.ext.colostate.edu. <br />