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Agricultural Sustainability Institute The Agricultural Sustainability Institute's mission is to ensure access to healthy food and to promote the vitality of agriculture today and for future generations.

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Hahn Tractor Company A Stockton-based manufacturer of conservation tillage equipment for more than 20 years. Hahn Tractor Company also has a wide variety of implements, parts and a full service department.

The following documents provide an introduction to conservation tillage in California, a cropping system in which plant residue from an earlier crop or a cover crop is left on the soil when a new crop is planted.

1980s No-till dryland small grain production Carrizo Plain, Yolo County, Tulare County 1994 No-till tomato production research, Five Points, CA 1998 Formation of Conservation Tillage Workgroup First Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Five Points, CA and Davis, CA emphasizing Tillage, Soil Quali...

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Contact workgroup members for more information on Crop production systems Equipment Greenhouse gases and carbon sequestration Weed management California Conservation Tillage Crop Production Systems Jeff Mitchell jpmitchell@ucdavis.edu Dino Giacomazzi dino@giacomazzi.us Tom Barcellos barfarm@aol.

Listen to or download an audio podcast that provides inspiration and information for getting started with conservation tillage. 0:40 Farmer Dino Giacomazzi talks about getting started in CT. Farmer Dino Giacomazzi talks about getting started in CT.