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Direct Seed Information and Links
These links take you to other websites USE THE BACK ARROW TO RETURN TO THIS PAGE directseed.org. If you would like information added to this page please contact: PNDSA@directseed.org

Grower to Grower
FORUMS Alberta Reduced Tillage Linkages Farmer to Farmer Network Links farmers with other farmers who have similar direct seeding systems, soils and crops and to facilitate the exchange of information and to prevent or solve problems. This is free - a survey needs to be completed.
  No Till on the Plains Found on the No-Till on the Plains site registered users can participate in the No-Till Crop Talk or No-Till Equipment Talk discussions.
 

No-Till Farmer's Forum
This is found on the No-Till Farmer (Lessiter Publications) site. No-till farmer questions and answers - free service, but you need to register.

   
2009 CONFERENCES
  National No-Tillage Conference - January 14 - 17
  PNDSA Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference
- January 21 & 22
  No Till on the Plains - January 27 & 28
  FarmTech Conference - January 28 - 30
  ManDak Zero Tillage Farmers Association Workshop - Feb 2-4
  Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association - Feb 11 & 12
   
DIRECT SEED FARM PROFILES
  Direct Seed Interviews 2008
A production of the Spokane Conservation District in cooperation with PNDSA
  How it works on my farm - more information to come.
 
  Grower Case Studies - STEEP
   
AGRONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF DIRECT SEEDING
  Getting Started in Direct Seeding
- R. Taillieu, RT Linkages, 2004 FarmTech Conference
  Alberta Reduced Tillage Linkages Agronomic Library
ECONOMICS OF DIRECT SEEDING
  Economics of Canola Production in the PNW - Kate Painter & Dennis Roe, August 27, 2007
   
Conservation Farming Information Resources
  Alberta Reduced Tillage Linkages
  Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
  No Till Farmer
  STEEP    Solutions To Environmental and Economic Problems
  US Department of Energy No-Till Articles
MORE DIRECT SEED CROPPING SYSTEMS LINKS
 

Peas & Lentil Production
USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council

  Canola Production
  Camelina Production
  Biofuel Production
Economics of Canola Production in the Pacific Northwest
- Kate Painter & Dennis Roe, August 27, 2007
 

Carbon Neutral Farming

  Residue Management
   
CONSERVATION FARMING RESEARCH
  STEEP Conservation Tillage Systems
  Cook Agronomy Farm
  Climate Friendly Farming
Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
  Dakota Lakes Research Farm Publications
  University of Idaho
    Brassica Crop Research, Trials and Biodiesel
  University of Manitoba No Till Research
   
BOOKS & DVDs
BOOK
PNW Conservation Tillage Handbook - STEEP
BOOK
Soil and Diseases by Dr. Jim Cook
BOOK
Stubble Over the Soil by Carlos Crovetto
BOOK
No Tillage: The relationship between no tillage, crop residues, plants and soil nutrition by Carlos Crovetto
Book available through PNDSA $40.00 ($10.00 is contributed back to PNDSA)
 
DVD
Protecting the Future, Preserving our Legacy
"The Promise of Direct Seeding"
DVD is available through PNDSA and STEEP
   
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Conservation Security Program Idaho/Oregon/Washington
Conservation Reserve Program Idaho/Oregon
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Washington

Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Idaho/Oregon/Washington

 
Local Programs
  Low-Interest Equipment Loan - Spokane County Conservation District
   
PNW Direct Seed Conference Proceedings
Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conferences (PNDSA)
 
 
Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conferences (STEEP & PNDSA)
 
 
Northwest Direct Seed Conferences (STEEP)
   
   
Conservation Farming Organizations
GROWER ORGANIZATIONS
  Argentine No-Till Farmers Alliance (AAPRESID)
  Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association (MANDAK)
  No Till on the Plains
  Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association
  South Australian No Till Farmers Association (SANTFA)
  South Dakota No-Till Association
  Western Australian No Tillage Farmers Association (WANTFA)
   
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & NETWORKS
CASA Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance North America
CAAANZ Conservation Agriculture Alliance of Australia and New Zealand
CAAPAS Confederation of the American Association for the Production of Sustainable Agriculture South America
ECAF European Conservation Agriculture Federation
   
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS    Idaho/Oregon/Washington
  Latah Soil and Water Conservation District
  Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District
  Palouse Conservation District
  Spokane County Conservation District
  Umatilla County Soil & Water Conservation District
   
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
  USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Idaho / Oregon / Washington
  USDA Risk Management Agency
Idaho / Oregon / Washington
   
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
  Environmental Defense Fund
  The Food Alliance
  Salmon Safe
   
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  Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association
  2780 W. Pullman Drive, Suite A
  Moscow, Idaho  83843

Phone: 208.883.3645  
PNDSA@directseed.org  

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