Mark Watson

Nebraska Panhandle

No Till Education Coordinator

(308) 760-5259

mwatsonntec@charter.net

The Panhandle No Till Parnership is a joint effort between the North Platte, South Platte and Upper Niobrara-White NRD's, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Panhandle RC&D to bring continuous No Till education opportunities to western Nebraska producers.

No Till News and Information

Since September 2007 the North Platte NRD has been working cooperatively with Panhandle No Till Education Coordinator Mark Watson of Alliance to help promote the concept and benefits of no tillage farming. Mark has been writing a weekly column that appears in the Scottsbluff Star-Herald's Farm & Ranch section each Sunday as well as other regional newspapers (see below). "No-Till Notes"  weekly columns written by Mark Watson 2007 10/25 - Introduction 11/4 - Value of Residue 11/11 - Gering Conference Speakers 11/18 - No Till and Water 11/25 - Gering Conference Held 12/02 - Dryland Farming 12/09 - Benefits of Residue 12/16 - Residue Management 1 12/23 - Residue Management 2 2008 1/6 - Learning Opportunities 1/13 - Upcoming Meetings 1/20 - Residue Equipment 1/27 - Weed Control I 2/3 - Weed Control II 2/10 - Weed Control III 2/17 - Weed Control IV 2/24 - Crop Rotations & Weeds 3/2 - Planning Crop Rotations 3/9 - Planning Crop Rotations II 3/16 - Cover Crops 3/23 - Understanding Soil I 3/30 - Understanding Soil II 4/6 - Understanding Soil III 4/13 Understanding Soil IV 4/20 Irrigation Efficiency 4/27 It's All About Water (Wilke) 5/4 What Is Soil Quality (Buttle) 5/11 Sustainability Through Soil Quality 5/18 Four Phases of No Till (Buttle) 5/25 Drought Part I 6/1 Drought Part II 6/8 Memorial Day Rains 6/15 Six Inches Part I 6/22 Six Inches Part II 6/29 Six Inches Part III 7/6 Six Inches Part IV 7/13 Six Inches Part V 7/20 Six Inches Part VI 7/27 Six Inches Part VII 8/3 Six Inches Part VII 8/17 Improving Soil Quality 8/24 Rain! 9/14 Surprising 9/28 New No Till 10/5 What a Difference 10/12 What If Allocations Were Cut? 10/19 Sugar Beets I 10/26 Sugar Beets II 11/2 Forages 11/9 What Do You Think? 11/16 Winter Conference in Gering 11/23 Chem Fallow 11/30 What Is No Till? 12/7 No Till Edible Beans 12/14 No Till Edible Beans Planting 12/21 No Till Edible Beans Herbicides 2009 1/4 No Till Edible Beans Harvesting 1/11 No Till Corn 1/18 No Till Corn II 1/25  No Till Corn III 2/1  No Till Corn IV 2/15 Forages I 2/22 Forages II 3/01 Forages III 3/08 Forages IV 3/15 Wind Erosion 3/15 Diversity I 3/22 Diversity II 3/29 Diversity III 4/05 Diversity IV 4/12 Soil Food Web 4/19 Soil Food Web II 4/26 Soil Food Web III 5/03 Soil Food Web IV 5/10 Food for the Soil Web 5/17 Ducks 5/24 No Till Field Day 5/31 Spring Planting 6/07 May Forgot Us 6/14 Field Day 6/21 Erosion 6/28 Soil Structure 7/05 Weed Competition 7/12 33.3% or Less 7/19 Soil Moisture 7/26 Challenges 8/02 Miscellaneous 8/09 Carbon 8/16 Soil, Plants and Carbon 8/23 Soil, Plants and Carbon II 8/30 Soil, Plants and Carbon III 9/13 Evapo-transpiration 9/06 Agriculture's Role 9/20 Last Irrigation 9/27 Field Peas 10/04 Field Peas II 10/11 Field Peas III 10/25 Conservation 11/01 Conservation II 11/08 Conservation III 11/15 Save Your Soil