CT in CA timeline

1980’s	No-till dryland small grain production Carrizo Plain, Yolo County, Tulare County
1994	No-till tomato production research, Five Points, CA
1998	Formation of Conservation Tillage Workgroup
	First Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Five Points, CA and Davis, CA emphasizing Tillage, Soil Quality, and Soil Organic Matter. Over 250 participants with Ron Morse, Don Reicosky, Aref Abdul-Baki, John Luna.
1999	Second Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Five Points, CA and Davis, CA emphasizing successful CT farmers. Dick and Sharon Thompson and Steve Groff.
	Initiation of long-term conservation tillage tomato and cotton rotation study, Five Points, CA
2000	Conservation tillage equipment demonstration introductions
2004	Conservation tillage farm tours emphasizing dairy silage, tomato and cotton
2007	Conservation tillage California farmer tour to NE, SD, CO, and WY. Twelve Workgroup members participated in four-day tour.
2007	Tom Barcellos, Tipton, CA conservation tillage dairyman speaks at National No-till Farmer Conference
2002	USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Environmental Quality Incentives Program endorsed conservation tillage as a cost share practice in California
2002	USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service initiated Technical Service Provider program for conservation tillage in California
2001	Conservation tillage cotton farm trials, Bob Prys, Borba Farms, Riverdale, CA
2005	Strip-till corn production farm trials, Dino Giacomazzi, Hanford, CA
2002	Strip-till corn production farm trial, Mike Nutcher, Modesto, CA
2001	No-till corn production farm trials, Tom Barcellos, Tipton, CA
2007	First Annual No-till Cotton Field Day, Five Points, CA
2006	Strip-till field day, Giacomazzi Dairy, Hanford, CA Over 230 participants
2005	Ag Spectrum, California Ag Solutions, Western Farm Service, and Wilbur Ellis conduct farm trials of conservation tillage systems
2005	“Conservation tillage in California” Workgroup video produced
2006	Conservation tillage Workgroup participates in World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA
2003	Conservation tillage research begins at the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project, Davis, CA
	Evaluation of “Optimizer” minimum tillage implement in California Agriculture by Upadhyaya et al.
200	Conservation tillage field day, Brawley, CA
200	Conservation tillage farmers Bob Prys and Jim Couto make introductory presentation on conservation tillage in Blythe, CA
200	Conservation tillage Core Adoption Group convenes (John Beyer, Ron Harben, Johnnie Siliznoff, Jim Couto, Manuel Cunha, Jeff Mitchell) and begins preparation of educational initiative
2003	Conservation tillage and dust emissions research published by Julie Baker et al. University of California, Davis
200	Monsanto RoundUp Ready seed introduced in California
200	Ralph Cesena, Sr. conducts various no-till and ridge-till trials with farmers
1993	Development and introduction of Hahn PermaBed Disk
1994	Development and introduction of Wilcox Agriproducts Performer