Posted by Howard H. on November 20, 2012 at 07:01:14 from (156.110.78.2):
In Reply to: Are plows obsolete? posted by Joe W. on November 19, 2012 at 19:34:50:
I live in the heart of area most commonly called the Dust Bowl and the main reason you have to be careful plowing out here is because precipitation is so scarce and unpredictable, if you plow the the trash in, you might not have enough cover to keep the soil from blowing.
I only farm 80 acres now, but the first year I took that place over, the guy before me had oneway disced all the cover under and then I didn't get enough moisture to even come close to sprouting the wheat I planted. I fought all winter to keep it from blowing - including one giant windstorm that had just a sprinkling of rain mixed with it... After that storm, my Dad's place right across the road (barns, house, trucks, tractors, etc) looked like everything was made out of chocolate adobe with 1/4 inch of soil plastered all over.
For the most part, the guys irrigating corn, etc, under center pivots still plow heavily with DMIs, chisels, etc...
But almost no dryland out in this area is plowed anymore.
But to your comment about prices, the scrappers, deer plot farmers, & guys hauling all the small stuff off to Mexico are keeping implements prices pretty strong...
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