<p>Paul DeLaune, Texas AgriLife agronomist, fields questions from Altus, Okla., farmers Wayne and Fred Schmedt. DeLaune says conservation tillage, rotation and cover crops improve soil health, reduce erosion and increase water infiltration on cropland.</p>
The third annual Red River Crops Conference, held this year in Altus, Okla., provided farmers and ranchers from the Texas Rolling Plans and southwest Oklahoma production recommendations and market outlooks for 2016. The upshot of the two-day conference, which alternates between an Oklahoma and a Texas venue, was that production agriculture faces daunting challenges for the coming growing season, and that tight management of production costs and market opportunities will be essential to make money.
Here are some scenes from this year’s sessions.
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