The objective of this study is to identify the factors that interfere in the ability of Brazilian students to apply conservationist guards (terrace, lavatory soil, pasture recovery, crop rotation and level planting). As an econometric procedure, the Probe model proposal adopted the microdata of the Brazilian Agricultural Census of 2006. As a result, a cooperative of a cooperative, access to financing and technical assistance, an older age, more experience, are the factors that increase the probability of adoption. Thus, citizens need to emerge: (i) broaden the education of farmers, information channels such as extension services, and access to credit; and (ii) act as evaluator for rural extension workers to be raised as site visits and prepared to instruct farmers.