On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:34:05 -0500, "Gordon Couger"
wrote:
Before RR cotton and beans there was no such thing as no till cotton or
beans.

Get a grip, will you. There was bloody no RR cotton and beans until
after 1995.

Tillage Survey News Release 1993:
"The most dramatic increase among the conservation tillage systems
came in the no-till category, increasing from 20.6 million acres in
1991 to 28.1 million acres in 1992. The state of Iowa posted the
biggest jump in no-till acreage going from seventh with 972,000 acres
in 1991 to second nationally with 2.7 million acres in 1992. Illinois
continues to lead the way with 4.7 million acres. Indiana is third in
no-till with 2.6 million acres followed by Ohio with 2.4 million, and
Missouri with 1.9 million. No-till gained significant acreage in full
season corn, soybeans and cotton while posting moderate increases in
small grains, grain sorghum and forage seeding. No-till acres of full
season soybeans increased dramatically for the fifth consecutive year.
The 1992 figure is nearly four times the notill soybean acreage
documented in 1989. The cotton crop, which began indicating no-till
increases more recently, shows a tremendous gain of ten times the 1989
acreage. Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama lead the growth curve in
no-till cotton in 1992."