Field Crop Production

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Understanding the Basics - Part 1
• Understanding the Basics - Part 2
• Approaching Change
• Tillage Options
  • Conventional Tillage
  • Mulch Tillage
  • No-till and Ridge Till Systems
• Non Tillage Options
  • Conservation Practices for Cropland
  • Conservation Structures for Cropland
  • Conservation Structures for Streams and Ditches

This site contains excerpts from the Best Management Practices, Field Crop Production book.
The published version can be ordered by following the link below. It is free to farmers.

For more detailed information on Field Crop Production Best Management Practices, refer to the following documents:

• Control of Soil Erosion. 1995, OMAF Factsheet.
• Forage and Conservation Planting Guide. 1998, Utah State Interagency Plant Materials Committee.
• Managing Weeds in Conservation Tillage. 2001, OMAF Factsheet
• No-till: Making it Work. Best Management Practices book online.
• Organic Field Crop Handbook. 2001, Canadian Organic Growers.
• Soil Erosion: Causes and Effects. 1987, OMAF Factsheet.
• Sustainable Agriculture Network Publications

The production of the BMP series of books has been a cooperative effort of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

Related Links

• Control of Soil Erosion - 1995, OMAFRA Factsheet
• Forage and Conservation Planting Guide. 1998, Utah State Interagency Plant Materials Committee. (PDF format - 1.55 mb)
• Managing Weeds in Conservation Tillage - 2001, OMAFRA Factsheet
• No-till: Making it Work. Best Management Practices book online
• Organic Field Crop Handbook. 2001, Canadian Organic Growers
• Soil Erosion: Causes and Effects. 1987, OMAFRA Factsheet
• Sustainable Agriculture Network Publications
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• Best Management Practices - Ordering Information
• Best Management Practices - Series Information
• Field Crop Production - Acknowledgements

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