ABSTRACT:
A survey of 1,200 Ohio farmers showed that 43 percent used conservation tillage practices. Those farmers who chose to use conventional tillage practices did so primarily because they lacked knowledge about conservation tillage practices and because they lacked conservation tillage equipment. Secondary reasons for the use of conventional tillage practices included existing farm conditions and previous experiences with conservation tillage. Decisions to use conservation tillage were based primarily on farmers' concern for the environment and availability of equipment. Economy was a secondary reason. Timely advice appeared to be key to adoption of conservation tillage.
Footnotes
Howard Ladewig is an associate professor and Ray Garibay a research assistant in the Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843. This article is based on a paper presented at the 1982 annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society.
- Copyright 1983 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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