Team Conservation Tillage Village

youngsters get a close-up view of soil at the Sunbelt Ag Exposition in Moultrie, Georgia

Team Conservation Tillage -- partners from NRCS, Auburn University, University of Georgia, the Georgia Conservation Tillage Alliance, and other Federal agencies -- recently shared their talents, abilities, and passion for conservation tillage by setting-up a tent with exhibits and interactive activities at the Sunbelt Ag Exposition in Moultrie, Georgia.

Team Conservation Tillage sign at the Sunbelt Ag Exposition in Moultrie, Georgia

The exposition, that attracts some 200,000 or so visitors each year, provided a fertile setting for participants to learn about conservation tillage. There were pots of cover crops, simulated fields that

demonstrated various percentages of cover, and a bin of soil outfitted with a special camera in a tube allowing exposition-goers to see the organisms that live under ground. Outside the tent was conservation tillage equipment and a simulated irrigation system.

Your contact is Julie Best, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 334-887-4549.