PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Epplin, Francis M. AU - Tice, Thomas F. AU - Handke, Steven J. AU - Peeper, Thomas F. AU - Krenzer, Eugene G. TI - Economics of conservation tillage systems for winter wheat production in Oklahoma DP - 1983 May 01 TA - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation PG - 294--297 VI - 38 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/38/3/294.short 4100 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/38/3/294.full AB - Alternative conservation tillage systems that rely on herbicides rather than mechanical tillage for weed control in annual winter wheat production in Oklahoma were investigated by an interdisciplinary team. The additional costs of the herbicides required for the experimental systems exceeded the value of the fuel and labor saved. However, most conservation tillage systems required less investment in machinery and some proved competitive with conventional systems on a total cost basis. Combination systems in which half the farm was conventionally tilled did not generate substantial savings in machinery investment.