Getting questions on direct seeding answered over the Internet can be a frustrating experience. In an effort to help put farmers in contact with other farmers and agrologists, the Alberta Reduced Tillage Initiative (ARTI) recently established a direct seeding discussion group where producers can ask questions about direct seeding on the prairies.
This discussion group is a List Server e-mail list that distributes submissions to everyone subscribed to the list. Only people who are subscribed to the list can post messages. This works similarly to posting to a newsgroup except it works through your e-mail program. Any messages posted to the group are automatically sent to your e-mail address. You will download the message(s) along with your other e-mail. The advantage to this service is that everyone subscribed to the list is interested in direct seeding on the prairies. You will have a better chance of receiving relevant responses to your posts on direct seeding from this list than from posting to an agriculture newsgroup.
When I checked recently there were around 40 people subscribed to the list. Since February 1, I have been receiving around two messages per day. The group has been actively answering any questions posted or at least referring the sender to someone able to answer the question.
If you would like to subscribe to this Mailing List go to the following Web page and follow the instructions. http://paridss.usask.ca/consgroups/arti/discuss.htm
You can also search for other agriculture List Servers (mail lists) at this site: http://www.liszt.com/.