*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and land management* Dear Subscribers, Please see herebelow the July edition of the no-till newsletter from Richard and Sandra Findlay of the No-Till of Club Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Thank you Richard and Sandra for sharing. Apologies for any cross-posting. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca *Conservation Agriculture is based on the practical application of three interlinked principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance (no-till seeding/planting and no-till weeding); (ii) permanent maintenance of soil much cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and (iii) diversification of cropping system (rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and perennials including legumes), along with other complementary good agricultural production management practices *(more at: www.fao.org/ag/ca) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sandra Findlay <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 11:46 AM Subject: FW: JULY EDITION OF THE NO-TILL NEWSLETTER / JULY UITGAWE VAN DIE NO-TILL NUUSBRIEF To: Sandra Findlay <[log in to unmask]>, Landini Tractors Andre van der Heever <[log in to unmask]> [image: news_smiley[1]]Your electronic July 2018 edition of the No-Till Newsletter U elektroniese uitgawe van die Julie 2018 No-Till Nuusbrief Good Day ALL No-Till Club Supporters *It is just over 8 weeks to go to the 2018 No-Till Conference which runs from 4 to 6 September at ATKV Drakensville Holiday Resort* In this July edition of the No-Till newsletter which you can click on the link below to open You will read all about the 10 presenters *An expert in cover crops* *4 No-Till Farmers* *The importance of Honey Bees in agriculture* *A soil Scientist* * A Specialist Agronomist on Sandy Soils* * Using DRIP irrigation in No-Till* * How No-Till is being adopted by emerging farmers * *A motivational speaker - Quinton Coetzee who will get us ALL moving!* *A farm visit to see demo cover crop dryland* *An EXPO of inputs and machinery* *A cover crop demo * *Question and answer No-Till workshops* *Conference Programme and Registration forms attached* *SEE you there !* Please download newsletter here <http://www.notillclub.com/images/No-Till_July2018_Newsletter.pdf> Goeiedag Alle No-Till Klub ondersteuners. *Dit is net oor die 8 weke tot die 2018 No-Till Konferensie gehou sal word van 4 tot 6 September** by die ATKV Drakensville Vakansie Oord* In die Julie uitgawe van die No-Till nuusbrief wat u kan oopmaak deur hieronder op die Link te click Sal u al die inligting kry oor die 10 sprekers Deskundiges op Dek Gewasse 4 Geenbewerking boere Die belangrikheid van Heuning Bye in Landbou n Gronddeskundige Spesialis Akkerboukundig op Sand Gronde Die gebruik van DRUP besproeiing in Geenbewerking Die sukses van Geenbewerking by opkommende boere En kom luister na *Quinton Coetzee* ons motiveringspreker. Daar sal n plaas besoek wees om droeland Dekgewasse te besigtig EXPO van Landbou insette en imlemente Vraag en antwoord werkswinkels oor geenbewerking sal ook gehou word Aangeheg is die program en Registrasie vroms * Sien jou daar!* Regards Richard Findlay Coordinator and Committee Member No-Till Club of KZN ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);