The Conservation Technology Information Center

The Conservation Technology Information Center promotes, supports and provides information on conservation technologies & sustainable agricultural systems.

Latest Project from CTIC

CTIC, SARE and ASTA released the latest National Cover Crop Survey Report, with insights from 1,172 farmers across the country, including details on cover crops' effects in the wet 2019 planting season.

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By becoming a member of CTIC, you'll be connected to a world of people from government, academia, agribusiness, the supply chain, and the farm who are committed to practical, productive conservation farming systems.

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Conservation Tour:

This year's CTIC Conservation in Action Tour went virtual! Click here for a video visit to an Ohio family's multi-generational farm to explore "Making Conservation Stick."

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Join us Friday, October 16 for a free, 1-hour webinar on how experts in academia, industry and ecosystem markets are using OpTIS remote sensing data and the DNDC model to estimate the impact of conservation practices on C and N dynamics in the Corn Belt!

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Who We Are

CTIC connects people from across agriculture and the conservation community to encourage greater adoption of farming systems that are economically and environmentally sustainable. We link farms, universities, government and business in projects that explore and champion conservation agriculture.

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CONNECT

CTIC brings people together. We build coalitions. We connect farmers, researchers, policymakers, agribusiness, and lead discussions that move conversations ahead.

INFORM

CTIC is a clearinghouse for convservation information, from Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS) regional trend data to how to implement practices on your farm.

CHAMPION

CTIC helps farmers, advisers, and ag retailers tap conservation resources. We promote conservation practices and advocate for policies that make them economically sustainable.

What's New at CTIC

2019-2020 National Cover Crop Survey

Click here to read the insight from nearly 1,200 commodity and horticultural crop farmers from across the country on why they do—or don't—use cover crops. Among the highlights of this year's survey results include data on the performance of cover crops during the extremely wet 2019 planting season.

CTIC's Current Projects

CTIC and its partners lead projects at the local, regional, and national level to address agriculture’s pressing conservation needs. Each project includes public and private sector partners, shares information about new technology and tools, and promotes agricultural systems that are both economically viable and environmentally beneficial.

Do You Know OpTIS?

The Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS) has been developed by Applied GeoSolutions and CTIC as a method for the automated use of remote sensing (satellite-based) data to monitor conservation practices in agricultural systems, including various forms of reduced tillage and the planting of winter cover crops.