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Geared up: Conservation farming equipment for central west NSW


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Conservation farming is a philosophy rather than a farming practice. Its aims to conserve the resources used for farming, to keep them producing into the future. Soil is the most important resource in farming, so conservation farming revolves around conserving the soil.

Contents

  • Growing a crop
  • Tillage in conservation farming
  • Stubble management
  • Machinery components
  • Seeders
  • Modifying existing sowing machinery
  • Fertiliser placement
  • Controlled traffic farming
  • Precision agriculture
  • Pesticide application
  • Machinery matching and economics.

ISBN 0 7347 1215 4

Book details

Title Geared up: Conservation farming equipment for central west NSW
Author(s) Peter Kelly  
Pages 56  
Catalogue number B262  
Year of publish 2002  
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