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Conservation tillage pioneer in Wisconsin faces drought and hail
Hammond Erling Lestrud of St. Croix County, a conservation tillage pioneer, faced dry weather and hail in the 1982 Conserva tion Tillage Corn Contest. His fields, planted after hay, yielded 73.1 bushels per acre with a cost of 3.71 per bushel, while winner Leonard Schaitel posted 181.5 bushels per acre at 1.45 per bushel. Lestrud, who began conservation tillage in 1977, plans to speak at an Eau Claire show and advises cautious, cost effective adoption using Bladex Lasso or atrazine for weed control.
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Lestrud
St. Croix
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Allis Chalmers
Eau Claire