Protect Water Quality 1. Develop Cover Crops and Wind Barriers. Plants, and the residue they produce or wind speed they reduce, are the most versatile and inexpensive tools available to producers.
Residue management is called for in seven ty-five percent of conservation compliance plans.
The Pullman PMC has initiated cover crop studie s in the Columbia Basin. One hundred cultivars of small grains obtained from as far away as Finland and Alaska were screened for rapid emergence and fall growth in 1994. Two fall cover crop studies are in place which were based upon the findings of the 1994 study. A NRCS Technical Note pertaining to Wind Erosion Control in Washington Potatoes authored in cooperation with the WSU Potato Extension Specialist was provided to NRCS Field Offices in 1994. Develop Filter Strip Technology.