June 2, 2016 - Quiz #87

Folks,

 

Here are the answers for CT Crop Quiz #87. This round there were several folks who came quite close with their answers, but nobody got them all right.

 

What form of CT is shown in the attached photo?

This was a no-tillage crop planting.

 

What is happening in the attached photo?

In the photo that was provided with the quiz, a 6-row JD 1730 no-till seeder was working its way around a center pivot field of an herbicide burned-down wheat cover crop using GPS that allowed circular planting of cotton. This is actually part of a research study that couples no-tillage with residue preservation and precision overhead irrigation. A recent photo of a section of this field following cotton emergence is provided. The pivot irrigation system is seen in the background of the photo.

 

Name the nearest US town to where this CT crop photo was taken.

The nearest town to this field is Five Points, CA. 93624. For those who may not know it, Five Points is the “Gateway to the West Side” of California's San Joaquin Valley.

 

Another rather surprising aspect of this particular CT Crop Quiz would be that according to our best information, this is somehow the only no-till field of cotton in all of California.

Stay tuned for additional CT Crop Quizzes that will be coming up soon. Remember that there have been two winners of prior quizzes. Awards will be given out at one of our upcoming CASI Workgroup recognition events later in the summer.

All the best,

Jeff

 

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