I put all of my P and K down with my corn planter. No-till operation. Like you I primarily replace what a corn/bean rotation will use, although I have applied up to 300 pounds of dry fertilizer per acre with the corn planter with no "salting" effect on corn germination. Days past it was called starter fertilizer placed in a 2 by 2. 2 inches to the side and 2 inches down. I am probably more like 3-4 inches by 5 inches. The factory John Deere fertilizer coulters are not quite as good as Yetters and others which are sold for deeper placement. Mine are another brand - can't remember the company. My current fertilizer coulters are a single blade set at an angle to allow the fertilizer tubes to drop the fertilizer behind. The cut made by the coulter closes right back up and doesn't wash. Generally use 11-52-0 and 0-0-60 mixed 50/50. Probably use 150 - 200 pounds of the mix per acre. I have been adding a little gypsum for sulfur and calcium as well. Get a little early season boost from the N also. I have seen tons of this type of equipment at salvage yards specializing in planters/tillage equipment. Kalsem Equipment/Salvage at Waterloo has a bunch of this stuff. Another guy I met who was sending John Deere planters to Mexico was stripping all of the equipment off and only sending the actual planters to Mexico. Another reason alot of this fertilizer equipment is available is that the big farmers do not want to monkey with fertilizer while planting - they just want to plant. Looks like the corn is making 180 bu/acre this year and beans will be in the 50's, so this method can produce good yields. According to research you can reduce the fertilizer by 50% from your soil test requirements if banded. Banded fertilizer does not get "attached" to the soil particles and therefore become unavailable to the plant. I participate in the NRCS Conservation Enhancement Program and I am required to fertilize no more than 30 days prior to planting and the fertilizer must be applied at least 2 inches below the soil, so this works good for me.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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