High Residue Farming under Irrigation – Workshops

High Residue Farming under Irrigation workshops have been held in Moses Lake, Washington every December since 2004.  Workshop agendas and digests of speaker presentations are available here.

Featured HRF Workshops

2010 High Residue Farming under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

Top Ten Reasons Why to Consider High Residue Farming, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Residue Management at Harvest, Randal Taylor, Oklahoma State University Weed Management Considerations in Reduced Tillage Systems, Andrew Kniss, University of Wyoming High Residue Farming in the Treasure Valley – Lessons Learned, Steve Norberg, Oregon State University No-till Drills and Planters, Randal Taylor, […]

Additional HRF Workshops

2009 High Residue Farming under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

High Residue Farming Resources, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Soil Compaction and High Residue Farming, Randall Reeder, Ohio State University, Columbus Soil-Air-Water-Residue Interactions in HRF Planting, Andy McGuire Opportunities for Organic No-till Vegetables, Doug Collins, WSU Extension Worst Case Scenario: Results of the HRF Demo Project, Andy McGuire Getting Into Controlled Traffic, Randall Reeder Grower Panel: […]

2008 High Residue Farming under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

The Basics of High Residue Farming under Irrigation, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Why Consider High Residue Farming in the Columbia Basin? Planters, Drills, and Attachments for High Residue Farming Strip-tillage for the Columbia Basin Soil Fertility Considerations in High Residue Farming Managing the Soil as Habitat, Jill Clapperton Managing the Soil for Biological Fertility, Jill […]

2007 High Residue Farming under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

Why Consider High Residue Farming in the Columbia Basin?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension, Grant-Adams Area Planters, Drills, and Attachments for High Residue Farming, Andy McGuire What happens to the soil when you stop tilling it?, Hal Collins, USDA-ARS, Prosser and Patterson Starter Fertilizer for High Residue Farming, Rich Koenig, WSU, Pullman Strip-tillage for the Columbia […]

2006 High Residue Farming Under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

Why consider high residue farming in the Columbia Basin?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Who is this Beck guy, and why should I listen to him? Dwayne Beck, South Dakota State University, Dakota Lakes Research Farm How does this work on the farm? Mark Watson, Alliance, Nebraska Do you C what I C?, Dwayne Beck How […]

2005 – Reduced Tillage Under Irrigation Workshop (PDF)

Why consider reduced tillage now?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Has anybody tried this here?, Producer panel: Tim Melville, Enterprise, Oregon Eric Williamson, George, Washington What is Possible? Experience with Irrigated Systems in Nebraska, Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) How are these systems managed?, Paul Jasa, UNL How do soils respond to reduced tillage?, Stewart […]

2004 – Direct Seeding in Irrigated Agriculture Workshop (PDF)

Opening, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension Considerations in Adopting Direct Seeding Systems, John Aeschliman, Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association, farmer Farmer Experience: Warren Mason, AgriNorthwestAgronomist Farmer Experience: Eric Williamson, Williamson Farms

Andy McGuire Agricultural Systems Educator WSU Extension is currently conducting high residue farming under irrigation demonstration and research at the WSU Othello research unit.  Please contact Andy with questions about this work: andrew.mcguire@wsu.edu, 509.754.2011 ext. 413; fax 509.754.0163.  PO Box 37 (35C St NW) Ephrata, WA 98823.

Irrigated Agriculture calendar.