TY  - JA
AU  - Dickey,E.C.
AU  - Brown,L.A.
AU  - Dolesh,B.J.
AU  - Jasa,P.J.
AU  - Rockwell,S.K.
TI  - Conservation tillage:  perceived and actual use
PY  - 1987///
KW  - Equipment
KW  - Erosion control
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Innovation adoption
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Soil conservation
KW  - Tillage
N1  - Tables, references p. 434
N2  - A mail survey of farmers in Nebraska showed their perceived use of conservation tillage was about 55%. However, using the 30% residue cover criterion that the Conservation Tillage Information Center uses to define conservation tillage, a field survey of seven counties in 1984 showed that actual use of conservation tillage was less than 5%. Fewer than 20% of the producers surveyed had more than 20% residue cover remaining after tillage and planting. The field survey also showed disk tillage systems were used by almost 70% of the producers. The moldboard plow was used by only 15% of the producers, thus creating an impression that conservation tillage had
T2  - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
ER  -