{"id":2614,"date":"2014-11-07T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.sdps-bbs.com\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:09:51","slug":"ag-conservation-publication-available-from-purdue-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ag-conservation-publication-available-from-purdue-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Conservation Publication Available From Purdue Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass7903DCB8E56149968F892C5D099968EB\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FarmW3501.jpg\" alt=\"Farm photo for Purdue Extension publication, Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice\" width=\"350\" height=\"281\" align=\"right\" \/>Agricultural educators, community organizers and others promoting environmental awareness can learn about the myths and realities of agricultural conservation from the perspective of a researcher, practitioner and student in a new Purdue Extension publication.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice\" href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-488-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice<\/a>, developed by the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University, is available for free download from The Education Store.<\/p>\n<p>The authors (Linda Prokopy, associate professor of Natural Resource Social Science; Dan Towery, Indiana Conservation Cropping System Initiative educator; and Nicholas Babin, postdoctoral research assistant in Forestry and Natural Resources) use academic studies and their own observations to address ways of motivating farmers to adopt environmentally-friendly farming practices.<\/p>\n<p>To read\u00a0the full article, visit\u00a0<a title=\"Ag conservation publications avaialable from Purdue Extension\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2014\/Q4\/ag-conservation-publication-available-from-purdue-extension.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ag conservation publications available from Purdue Extension<\/a>, Purdue Agriculture News.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agry.purdue.edu\/soils_judging\/new_manual\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Soils: Evaluation and Conservation Manual Review<\/a>, Purdue Agronomy<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.extension.purdue.edu\/extmedia\/WQ\/WQ-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conservation Tillage and Water Quality<\/a>, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a title=\"Optimizing Conservation Tillage Systems: Plant-to-Plant Uniformity is Essential for Optimum Yield in No-Till Cont. Corn\" href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=AY-329-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimizing Conservation Tillage Systems: Plant-to-Plant Uniformity is Essential for Optimum Yield in No-Till Cont. Corn<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p>Linda Prokopy, Associate Professor of Natural Resource Social Science<br \/>\nDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agricultural educators, community organizers and others promoting environmental awareness can learn about the myths and realities of agricultural conservation from the perspective of a researcher, practitioner and student in a new Purdue Extension publication. 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