Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Conservation Agriculture 2011
SSCA's annual conference is moving to Crop Production Week in 2011. The conference will take place at the Saskatoon Inn on Thursday, January 13.
Event details coming soon.

What's New

Landscapes Transformed
Landscapes Transformed: The History of Conservation Tillage and Direct Seeding has recently been published. This book follows the evolution of conservation agriculture on the Canadian Prairies. Both print and electronic versions are available.
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No-Till Seeding in Conservation Agriculture
2nd Edition, 2007
Editors: C. J. Baker, K. E. Saxton,W. R. Ritchie,W. C. T. Chamen, D. C. Reicosky, F. Ribeiro, S. E. Justice and P. R. Hobbs

This book published by the FAO is now available on-line. Go to the Download site
SSCA's History
Blair McClinton and Juanita Polegi have written a paper outlining the history of the SSCA. This paper was written as a chapter in a larger history of conservation tillage book being developed by U of S-CSALE and AAFC.
Download SSCA History

News

SSCA Launches No-till Credit Campaign
The SSCA with support from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers has launched an awareness campaign to advocate on behalf of no-till farmers’ right to benefit from carbon credits that could be part of a climate-change management policy.
The awareness campaign rolls out with a series of large billboards located along major Saskatchewan highways, accompanied by a website that explains why no-till farming should earn credits. The theme is “No-till farming. Give it credit.”
www.no-till-credit.ca
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Farm Business Management Council CBC Commentaries:

		The Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association (SSCA) is a non-profit, producer-based organization whose mission is to "promote conservation agriculture systems that improve the land and environment for future generations"