While Idaho doesn't top the list of no-till adoption in the U.S., it appears the mindset is beginning to change in some parts of the state.

The crisis facing the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains has hit the mainstream media. NBC News published a special report last weekend that may help the public gain a better understanding of the implications of the declining aquifer, which could lead to an agricultural and food-supply disaster.

While attending the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture this week in Winnipeg, Manitoba, I heard some interesting points made about farming successfully in dryland no-till conditions. 

Recently, I read an interesting take on how technology and economic criteria appear to be reshaping decisions farmers make about conservation efforts — in this case, shelterbelts installed in fields to prevent erosion.