Posted by JDseller on October 06, 2010 at 20:52:27 from (208.126.196.117):
In Reply to: Why plow at all? posted by KYfarm on October 05, 2010 at 04:42:39:
You needed to turn under the manure and weeds back when that was how it was done. Now manure has been replaced with commercial fertilizer and the weeds are controlled with chemicals. I do plow some ground every few years. I like to turn under heavy sod ground. I usually am applying lime at that time too. I like to mix it into the soil. I farm ground that is 6 to 9 percent slopes. All of my ground is strip farmed. I have grass water ways and buffer strips. So even when I plow I have very little erosion. I also plow throwing the ground up the hill. It helps combat the down hill movement of soil that is worked.
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