mp.freelance
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I'm doing an article on no-till and reduced tillage operations. Do any of you use these systems? Why? How has it helped? What are the drawbacks?
I don't expect you will get a lot of answers to these questions on this site but I will see if I can help.mp.freelance said:I'm doing an article on no-till and reduced tillage operations. Do any of you use these systems? Why? How has it helped? What are the drawbacks?
Oldtimer said:One thing with no-till is that when you make the decision to go with it you have to stick with it for awhile- thru usually a couple of mediocre or bad years- because the benefits don't show up the first few years...It takes a few years to get the soil back and the weed problem eliminated...[/quo
OT- I think you better take that back about weed control. From what Ive seen no-till helps the weeds (quackgrass, and kochia) really get in there and take hold. Can tell your a horse farmer.... :roll:
Manitoba_Rancher said:Oldtimer said:One thing with no-till is that when you make the decision to go with it you have to stick with it for awhile- thru usually a couple of mediocre or bad years- because the benefits don't show up the first few years...It takes a few years to get the soil back and the weed problem eliminated...[/quo
OT- I think you better take that back about weed control. From what Ive seen no-till helps the weeds (quackgrass, and kochia) really get in there and take hold. Can tell your a horse farmer.... :roll:
Oldtimer said:Manitoba_Rancher said:Oldtimer said:One thing with no-till is that when you make the decision to go with it you have to stick with it for awhile- thru usually a couple of mediocre or bad years- because the benefits don't show up the first few years...It takes a few years to get the soil back and the weed problem eliminated...[/quo
OT- I think you better take that back about weed control. From what Ive seen no-till helps the weeds (quackgrass, and kochia) really get in there and take hold. Can tell your a horse farmer.... :roll:
Actually we found the opposite...With about the same amount of chemical use- After a few years when the ground wasn't tilled and disturbed, we weren't constantly bringing up the weed seeds that can lay there for years- and the amount of weeds decreased.....
I'll admit to not being much of a farmer- but most around here have greatly improved yields with no-till.......
Manitoba_Rancher said:Oldtimer said:Manitoba_Rancher said:Actually we found the opposite...With about the same amount of chemical use- After a few years when the ground wasn't tilled and disturbed, we weren't constantly bringing up the weed seeds that can lay there for years- and the amount of weeds decreased.....
I'll admit to not being much of a farmer- but most around here have greatly improved yields with no-till.......
Ot- Complete opposoite up here. But then we have real heavy clay land up here not sand!
jigs said:no till has many pros and cons.
we are primarily notill and there is nothing better than planting corn into standing bean stubble. it is just the easiest cropping system around. even our flood irrigation is ridge tilled. one field has been planted in the same rows for 5 years, never worked the ground.....but this is some very nice dirt, I would not do it on all my land.
erosion is a problem on some notill, but you have to take the good with the bad....
biggest draw back??? Monsanto is right there loving everyone of us who notills.....buy more roundup!!!
Denny said:jigs said:no till has many pros and cons.
we are primarily notill and there is nothing better than planting corn into standing bean stubble. it is just the easiest cropping system around. even our flood irrigation is ridge tilled. one field has been planted in the same rows for 5 years, never worked the ground.....but this is some very nice dirt, I would not do it on all my land.
erosion is a problem on some notill, but you have to take the good with the bad....
biggest draw back??? Monsanto is right there loving everyone of us who notills.....buy more roundup!!!
Yea but roundup is pretty cheap compared to other spray's.