Authors
Specialty: Agronomy
Specialty: Soil conservation
Specialty: Soil fertility, agronomy
Specialty: Agricultural and natural resources
Specialty: Water and plant conservation research
Specialty: Agricultural and production economics
Specialty: Watershed research
Specialty: Soils extension
Specialty: Agronomy, row crop production systems
Specialty: Agronomy
Specialty: Agricultural engineering
Specialty: Turf and ornamentals entomology
Specialty: Soil fertility management in the tidewater region of Virginia and North Carolina
Specialty: Agricultural economics
Specialty: Production economics
Specialty: Agronomy
Specialty: Nutrient management, water quality
Specialty: Plant science research
Specialty: Bioenergy crop production
Specialty: Sustainable agriculture
Specialty: Conservation agronomy
Specialty: Animal waste awareness
Specialty: Soil management and fertility
Specialty: Soil dynamics
Specialty: Agronomy and soils, weed science
Specialty: Agricultural engineering
Specialty: Reproductive physiology, animal science
Specialty: Peanut research
Specialty: Production economics, risk management
Specialty: Plant pathology, agronomy
Specialty: Nematodes
Specialty: Agronomy, feed grains
Specialty: Applied animal reproductive physiology and management for cattle
Specialty: Plant pathology
Specialty: Soil science
Specialty: Nutrient management, soil science
Specialty: Applied economics
Specialty: Soil management and conservation
Specialty: Weed science
Specialty: Agricultural economics
Specialty: Conservation tillage systems, biosystems and agricultural engineering
Specialty: Pest management
Specialty: Soils and nutrient management
Specialty: Zoology
Specialty: Soil conservation
Specialty: Agricultural and applied economics
Specialty: Agricultural economics
Specialty: No-till and precision farming
Specialty: Integrated row crop/livestock conservation cropping systems management
Specialty: Agronomy, sugarcane, energy cane
Editors
Specialty: Agriculture and production economics
Specialty: Plant science
Content and Technical Editors
Specialty: Soil dynamics
Specialty: Sustainable agriculture
Specialty: Animal waste awareness
Specialty: Conservation tillage systems, biosystems and agricultural engineering
Peer Reviewers
We would like to thank the following people for providing peer review of chapters in this book.
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
University of Georgia
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Kansas State University
Auburn University
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Penn State University
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
University of Georgia
Clemson University
University of Georgia
North Carolina State University
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Auburn University
Auburn University
Louisiana State University
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Alcorn State University
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
North Carolina State University
University of Florida
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
University of Florida
Mississippi State University
Financial Support
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Table of Contents
- Author and Contributor List
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Conservation Tillage Systems
- Chapter 2: Conservation Tillage Systems: History, the Future and Benefits
- Chapter 3: Benefits of Increasing Soil Organic Matter
- Chapter 4: The Calendar: Management Tasks by Season
- Chapter 5: Cover Crop Management
- Chapter 6: In-Row Subsoiling to Disrupt Soil Compaction
- Chapter 7: Cash Crop Selection and Rotation
- Chapter 8: Sod, Grazing and Row-Crop Rotation: Enhancing Conservation Tillage
- Chapter 9: Planting in Cover Crop Residue
- Chapter 10: Soil Fertility Management
- Chapter 11: Weed Management and Herbicide Resistance
- Chapter 12: Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management
- Chapter 13: Insect Pest Management
- Chapter 14: Water Management
- Chapter 15: Conservation Economics: Budgeting, Cover Crops and Government Programs
- Chapter 16: Biofuel Feedstock Production: Crop Residues and Dedicated Bioenergy Crops
- Chapter 17: Tennessee Valley and Sandstone Plateau Region Case Studies
- Chapter 18: Southern Coastal Plain and Atlantic Coast Flatwoods Case Studies
- Cash Crop Selection and Crop Rotations
- Specific Management Considerations
- Case Study Farms
- Producer Experiences
- Transition to No-Till
- Changes in Natural Resources
- Changes in Agricultural Production
- Specialty Crops
- Why Change to No-Till?
- Supporting Technologies and Practices
- The Future
- Research Case Study
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie Case Studies
- Chapter 20: Southern Piedmont Case Studies
- Appendix
- Glossary
- References