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040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 0 _aEn
043 _aUS
072 0 _aE14
072 0 _aP36
090 _aREP-4078
100 1 _aDickey, E.C.
245 0 0 _aConservation tillage:
_b perceived and actual use
260 _c1987
340 _aPrinted
500 _aTables, references p. 434
520 _aA 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
546 _aEnglish
595 _aRPC
650 1 0 _aEquipment
650 1 0 _aErosion control
650 1 0 _aEvaluation
650 1 7 _aInnovation adoption
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91160
650 1 0 _aSoil conservation
_92273
650 1 0 _91832
_aTillage
_gAGROVOC
700 1 _aBrown, L.A.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aDolesh, B.J.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aJasa, P.J.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aRockwell, S.K.,
_ecoaut.
773 0 _tJournal of Soil and Water Conservation
_n615060
_gv. 42, no. 6, p. 431-434
942 _cJA
999 _c11959
_d11959