1980’s | 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 Quality, and Soil Organic Matter. Over 250 participants with Ron Morse, Don Reicosky, Aref Abdul-Baki, John Luna. |
1999 | Second Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Five Points, CA and Davis, CA emphasizing successful CT farmers. Dick and Sharon Thompson and Steve Groff. |
| Initiation of long-term conservation tillage tomato and cotton rotation study, Five Points, CA |
2000 | Conservation tillage equipment demonstration introductions |
2004 | Conservation tillage farm tours emphasizing dairy silage, tomato and cotton |
2007 | Conservation tillage California farmer tour to NE, SD, CO, and WY. Twelve Workgroup members participated in four-day tour. |
2007 | Tom Barcellos, Tipton, CA conservation tillage dairyman speaks at National No-till Farmer Conference |
2002 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Environmental Quality Incentives Program endorsed conservation tillage as a cost share practice in California |
2002 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service initiated Technical Service Provider program for conservation tillage in California |
2001 | Conservation tillage cotton farm trials, Bob Prys, Borba Farms, Riverdale, CA |
2005 | Strip-till corn production farm trials, Dino Giacomazzi, Hanford, CA |
2002 | Strip-till corn production farm trial, Mike Nutcher, Modesto, CA |
2001 | No-till corn production farm trials, Tom Barcellos, Tipton, CA |
2007 | First Annual No-till Cotton Field Day, Five Points, CA |
2006 | Strip-till field day, Giacomazzi Dairy, Hanford, CA Over 230 participants |
2005 | Ag Spectrum, California Ag Solutions, Western Farm Service, and Wilbur Ellis conduct farm trials of conservation tillage systems |
2005 | “Conservation tillage in California” Workgroup video produced |
2006 | Conservation tillage Workgroup participates in World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA |
2003 | Conservation tillage research begins at the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project, Davis, CA |
| Evaluation of “Optimizer” minimum tillage implement in California Agriculture by Upadhyaya et al. |
200 | Conservation tillage field day, Brawley, CA |
200 | Conservation tillage farmers Bob Prys and Jim Couto make introductory presentation on conservation tillage in Blythe, CA |
200 | Conservation tillage Core Adoption Group convenes (John Beyer, Ron Harben, Johnnie Siliznoff, Jim Couto, Manuel Cunha, Jeff Mitchell) and begins preparation of educational initiative |
2003 | Conservation tillage and dust emissions research published by Julie Baker et al. University of California, Davis |
200 | Monsanto RoundUp Ready seed introduced in California |
200 | Ralph Cesena, Sr. conducts various no-till and ridge-till trials with farmers |
1993 | Development and introduction of Hahn PermaBed Disk |
1994 | Development and introduction of Wilcox Agriproducts Performer |
Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation