Every farm has its own conservation goals that are unique to the personalities and attitudes of the individuals who steward the land. Our interest in conservation goes way past just the soil, and, at the risk of being branded an environmentalist I'd say that we're trying very hard to be exactly that. In my opinion winter cereals are the epitome of conservation in an annual cropping system. What's more it's one of the annual crop choices that helps conserve waterfowl which just happens to be another very important interest of mine. About the only thing we haven't conserved by growing winter wheat has been bin space and bin space isn't a bad thing to have.
Winter wheat is an economically feasible alternative to spring cereals in our crop rotation.
While winter wheat has its share of production challenges it is agronomically feasible as well.