Posted by Josh in Pa on October 28, 2014 at 12:01:02 from (70.192.207.152):
In Reply to: Packer or cultivator? posted by Dave H (MI) on October 28, 2014 at 08:22:51:
What do your neighbors use? Soil in different areas works differently. Here most guys have a disc, cultipacker, and a field cultivator, and which one gets used depends on the weather and conditions. It sometimes takes a pretty good field cultivator (newer ones have more trash clearance) to go over last years corn ground, even if its plowed first. I prefer field cultivator if conditions allow.
Have you considered any no-till? Do your neighbors no-till, it doesn't work everywhere. Here it works well, and I try to do mostly no-till. I am like you, farming after my real job, and not a ton of extra time. No-tilling saves time, and I don't have to worry about things washing in a heavy rain. This weekend I was combining beans, and some fields had been chisel plowed and some no-tilled. Its wet here, and the no-till ground supported the combine better. Yields were about the same. Just something else to think about, as it sounds like you are getting ready to do some more farming. Josh
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