Re: Rolling under nature's Fertilizer.

Posted by Case Nutty 1660 on November 19, 2020 at 06:09:59 from (75.127.27.79):

In Reply to: Re: Rolling under nature's Fertilizer. posted by coonie minnie on November 19, 2020 at 04:57:06:

I raised oil seed crops for a our University a few years back,, when the man I and three of his co workers was dealing with came and seen how I farmed they were very concerned that my soil would need all kinds of extra nutrients added to properly raise the test crops, so they insisted on doing a mass of soil tests,, I had never ever had one done so I was interested to see what the results would say. When they came back all four of the UW people were shocked to see my soils were well into the numbers they said the crops would need to flourish and grow well,, so nothing was added. the gal doing the soil samples told me the critters in the soil I had she had only read about as she was from a area in Colorado that has been no-till for longer than she had been alive at that point, to say the least she was impressed as they all were, I had never met any of them prior to doing those tests. They even added a write up in their reports of how well the full tillage farming worked how I was doing it in the oil seed report they did after the tests were over,, wish i had had them give me a copy to post here, but I am sure there would be some here who still call me a liar and so be it,, I would like to add that I agree no till can save moisture,, but only if you get it can it save it, like I have said many times I raise crops on less than 5" of H20 for the year many times and on perfect years I can receive up to 14" this is the whole year total with any snow H20 added in as well,, my soil has to be ready to save and store the H20 I get, no-till here makes the ground set up like concrete in dry years,, and with out banking up the years farming H20 int he summer fallow ground you raise also no production,, not sure why i even take time to post this really,, I know it falls on many deaf ears of those who think they have it all wrapped up in their no till only thinking. I also do not go around telling those same ones I know what their area needs nor do I say they are destroying their soils and wasting money,, I actually have respect for how they have learned and or modified way to optimize their own area and soil production. that said a few pics of my farm through the years,,

these shots are the sunflowers i raised,, the heads were 8-11" across and grew 5-8' high, they were planted with a JD 290 planter I setup with the sunflower seed plates, I cultivated them three times to control weeds, no chemical spray was used on any of the three oil seed crops I grew, the last pic there you can see the sunflowers, the Safflower and then a bit of ground I had left over I had worked up for the trails I had planted to corn, also planted with the JD 290

the last crop I raised was Camelina, I planted it with my CASE ED double disc press drills, all crops had yields well into the numbers for dry land growing that was collected in Montana Wyoming and Colorado, of course it was far below irrigated yields as we only ended up getting 5" of H20 on the crops from planting date until harvest

I also hold the high yield for dry land small grain and hay production here. this is a forage barley I raise called Hay Bet Hay Barley, that year it averaged over 125 BPA,, 90 to 100 BPA for me is the normal providing i get the needed H20

Last pic you can see the next summer fallow strip had not beenw orked yet and has some wild oat growth I was cutting off

Replies:

• Re: Rolling under nature's Fertilizer. JayinNY 09:54:04 11/19/20 (0)
• Re: Rolling under nature's Fertilizer. Coonie Minnie 08:26:10 11/19/20 (0)

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