*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow two videos shared by Professor Sjoerd Duiker from Pennsylvania State University about no-till farming, plant and animal diversity, productivity and soil health. Thank you Sjoerd for sharing. *Amir Kassam Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sjoerd Willem Duiker <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 3:35 PM Subject: Two videos from Pennsylvania about no-till farming and plant and animal diversity To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> Hi Amir: The following two videos may be of interest to CA-CoP subscribers. The first is about how a dairy farmer in southeastern Pennsylvania employs no-till annuals in his rotation for grazing during the summer while reducing costs and improving soil health. https://extension.psu.edu/beating-the-summer-slump-on- dairy-farms-with-no-till-annuals The second is about how a farmer in northwestern Pennsylvania employs plant and animal diversity in his no-tillage system to improve soil health and productivity while reducing inputs. https://extension.psu.edu/wilson-land-and-cattle Sjoerd ***************************************** Sjoerd W. Duiker, PhD, CCA Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics Penn State Cooperative Extension, Department of Plant Science The Pennsylvania State University 408 ASI Building University Park, PA 16802 USA Tel 814-8637637 <(814)%20863-7637> Cell 814-4042605 <(814)%20404-2605> Skype sjoerd.duiker Email [log in to unmask] ***************************************** ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);