1. CROPLANDS RESEARCH GROUP
Leader: Craig Drury (Canada) Number of members: 18 Number of member countries: 8

2. Conservation Agriculture Members
Argentina Tomás Della Chiesa
Gervasio Piñeiro
Juan Manuel Piñeiro
Canada Denis Angers
Craig Drury
Henry Janzen
Denmark Lars Munkholm
Germany Rene Dechow
Italy Roberta Farina
Rosa Francavigilia
Pier Roggero
Spain Diego Abalos
Sweden Thomas Kätterer
USA Michel Cavigelli Hero Gollany
Mark Liebig
Charles Rice Upendra Sainju

3. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Next Steps (Identified fall 2016)
Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions.
Identify & highlight Conservation Agriculture cases studies.
Understand management practices for cover crops which impact soil organic carbon and GHG emissions

4. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions.
1. Finalized the Conservation Agriculture factsheet and published it on the GRA website.

5. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions.
2. Identified ~10 new datasets (so far) related to CA. This information & data has been provided to Mark Liebig for MAGGnet.
3. Decided to conduct a meta-analysis to determine which CA practices may be most useful at reducing GHG emissions.

6. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
3. cont’d – Meta-analysis on CA & GHG emissions
- CA network members are identifying their own datasets that could be used for meta-analysis
- Mark Liebig will search MAGGnet for additional CA sites that could be used in the meta-analysis
- Diego Abalos has agreed to run the meta-analysis
- Craig Drury has procured $12K from Canada to hire a co-op student (Fall 2017) to assist with data compilation

7. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Review conservation agriculture methods/practices which reduce GHG emissions.
4. We will propose to host a symposium on CA practices and GHG emissions at the USA/Canada/Mexico Soil Science Societies conference in San Diego, CA, USA (Jan 6-9, 2019).
Action: Hero Gollany (chair of Soil and Water Conservation Division)

8. Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Identify & highlight Conservation Agriculture cases studies.
- This activity will be based upon the results of the meta analysis. We also hope to publish a peer reviewed paper.
Understand management practices for cover crops which impact soil organic carbon and GHG emissions
- This activity will be started after the above activities have been completed (~2+ yrs).

9. Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network:
Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network:
Face-to-face Meetings:
1st Meeting – Phoenix, Arizona (November 2016)
2nd Meeting - Harpenden, UK (September 2017).
3rd Meeting - ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meetings – Tampa
Meetings:
- on-going basis

10. Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network:
Activities/Accomplishment since last meeting
Communications – Conservation Agriculture Network:
Symposia (proposed):
- CA & GHG emissions – San Diego (Jan. 6-9, 2019)

11. Comments & Suggestions?
Conservation Agriculture Network
Comments & Suggestions?
Please contact: Craig Drury