1. I farm in TA very wet location, groundwater comes up out of the hills in spring when the 2-5 foot deep frost comes out and the snow melts. We have a short growing season here in Minnesota. Today is the longest sunlight, we have very long sunny days, but in spring and fall the days get really short.
There is little heat or sunlight in March early April. Ground is cold, water is cold, dirt is clay on top of clay for 130 feet.
We need heat and we need drying.
Only way to do that is some fall tillage, and again light tillage in spring. Get the little sun on the bare ground to warm it, and get the winds blowing across it.
If we had lighter soil, or less moisture, or less deep frost maybe notill would work.
But we have the perfect storm of conditions where no till doesn't work at all 2 out of 5 years.
You tell me which year is which in fall, and then I'll notill when I can. ;)
Notill is cheaper of course, but it can take a fairly expensive, well spec'ed planter to put in a crop in all the rough conditions the land needs to get a perfect stand. Less passes, less machinery needed, so it's a good thing where it works, saves time and money. Just can't do it if it prevents a person from planting until June or July.......
We don't use disks, they pack our clayish soils like a pavement. All field cultivators here, lift and stir, not pack.
Some folks have started rolling soybeans after seeding, it makes it easier to float the bean head over the field on fall. Seems to be some negatives to rolling corn tho, we don't do that here.
Mowing would seem to be a negative after seeding, but we learn new things as we go?
Spraying, get a taller sprayer, the self propelled you can drive a small car under them they go through tasseling corn....
All of this can apply to feed plots, it only takes money. ;)
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