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Title:   Author  item
                                            Wuest, Stewartitem
                                            Williams, Johnitem
                                            Gollany, Heroitem
                                            Siemens, Markitem
                                            Long, Daniel
  Submitted to: Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Annual Report
                                    Publication Type: Experiment Station
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 6/1/2008
                                    Publication  Date: 6/1/2008
                                    Citation: Wuest, S.B., Williams, J.D., Gollany, H.T., Siemens, M.C., Long, D.S. 2008. Comparison of runoff and soil erosion from no-till and inversion tillage production systems. Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Annual Report.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Conservation tillage systems that prevent soil erosion and maintain or increase soil carbon offer long-term benefits for producers in the inland Pacific Northwest (PNW) USA. Our objective was to compare conventional tillage and no-till for runoff and soil erosion. Two neighboring drainages in the 13 in. precipitation zone of northeastern Oregon were instrumented to record rainfall, runoff, and erosion over a four-year period (2001-04). One drainage was cropped to a winter wheat-fallow rotation and received inversion tillage. The second drainage was cropped in a four-year no-till rotation: winter wheat-chemical fallow-winter wheat-chickpea. We recorded 13 runoff events from the inversion tillage drainage and three from the no-till drainage. Runoff totaled 0.20 in. and erosion 0.19 tons/acre from inversion tillage, versus 0.03 in. and 0.00 tons/acre from no-till. Small, 11-square-foot runoff collectors placed on the hillslopes measured large amounts of water and soil moving downslope under inversion tillage. The no-till cropping system was very effective in reducing soil and water movement.


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