Farmers Helping Farmers - Surveys Completed

By Bob Linnell,

SSCA Soil Conservationist

All participants at the annual Direct seeding workshop and meeting of the SSCA were asked to complete a copy of the Farmer-Helping-Farmer survey to enable the staff to provide advice to purchasers of equipment or beginning Direct Seeders in their area. This service is at no cost to farmers , and will not be given out to commercial businesses for sales purposes. It has proven itself to be very valuable in the providing of good, solid information that farmers can use in making decisions.

There were 138 forms filled out and returned at the conference representing about 20% of those attending. Draws were make from those completed and the winners were Leonard Thiesen of Hepburn and Bernice Hamilton of Duval. The breakout of those forms returned were as follows:

# Forms Completed % Of Total

Southwest 21 15.2

USA 10 7.2

West Central 10 7.2

Northwest 11 7.9

Northeast 9 6.5

East Central 20 14.5

Southeast 57 41.3

Total 138 99.9