FARMING
AGRICULTURE IN TRANSISITON
by Donald L. Schriefer
Soft cover, 238 pages, $24.00
Ideas
such as “crop and soil weatherproofing,” the “row
support system,” and the “tillage commandments,”
exemplify the practicality of the soil/root maintenance program that
serves as the foundation for Schriefer’s highly-successful “systems
approach” farming. Schriefer was a pioneer in developing an
awareness of the relation of tillage to soil fertility, focusing on
three major soil basics — soil aeration, soil water, and soil
decay. This book covers such topics as soil chemistry, plant and soil
dynamics, above- and below-ground plant management, row support fertilization,
zone-tillage, disc-chiseling, and more. He focuses on reducing "yield-limiting
factors" such as seed selection, excessive tillage and a dependence
on technology..
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