Posted by Too Far Gone on May 29, 2008 at 23:22:54 from (216.146.246.12):
In Reply to: farming advice posted by Dan-IA on May 29, 2008 at 19:45:04:
No Till works in some areas and soil types better than others.Im in Missouri,and that only works just so long before beans start getting shorter every year.The soil gets bound up,beat down and hard.Id say you can get by 2 or 3 years,but you had better turn something under on it once in awhile.Im not farming much anymore,but I plow it every other year.Last year it turned off dry like 9 out of 10 summers do here,and my crops had enough reserve moisture in the soil once the beans got the ground shaded they made it through while the neighbors no till beans shriveled to about half knee high and died.There is mostly no till around here anymore,but it still takes some deep tillage once in awhile and good rotations to raise a crop.
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