Posted by Bill(Wis) on June 28, 2020 at 06:27:55 from (75.97.187.58):
In Reply to: Fallow Land posted by John in La on June 28, 2020 at 06:00:06:
The corn/bean rotation seems to work quite well but there are variations. Some pretty much plant corn year after year and beans just once in a while. Others plant beans year after year, One I know never plants anything but beans and uses rye and hairy vetch as a winter cover crop. Then kills the cover crop and no-tils beans right into the cover crop stover. When it comes to headlands, I plant 36 30 inch rows around a field and then plant the field. That gives plenty of combine turn around room and room for combines and grain carts to maneuver. Headlands account for a lot of ground. Alfalfa would be a good addition but to do that puts one in the hay business as well as the grain business. Not much demand for hay right now and marketing it is difficult at best. I don't see a whole lot of "depletion of land" due to return to the soil of huge volumes of root, vegetation matter and everyone pays a lot of attention to agronomy. I have an agronomist and application of nutrients is done on timetables as to plant uptake needs and with state of the art equipment. Reasons for ever increasing crop yields. That is somewhat self defeating, however, because it tends to oversupply the market. Which is OK with the politicians because they were taught from an early stage in their political careers to never let a food shortage happen. That would seriously shorten their political career span. We might see a lot of land lying fallow, however, if CRP becomes popular due to having way too much food in the supply chain. Given the current penchant to plant 97 million acres of corn, almost as many acres of soybeans and Brazil converting jungle into farmland, that is likely to happen. You must admit, we farmers are doing a damn good job of feeding the planet. (;>))
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