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Erik Ks farmer

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Outfitted the planter for no till 3 years ago, took on some ground in a no till program over the winter. Planted my first field of no till corn today, plan to put the rest in no till also. Anxiously awaiting those sprouts.
 
I know the feeling. At this point you're thinking it's gonna take a miracle for this stuff to come up. But it will. You'll be so happy you'll be dancing down the rows looking at every new little shoot. Your neighbors will think you've lost it. (don't let'em see ya). BTDT
 
As long as you do not have major issues with soil compaction it is the only way to farm. If you do it right your yields will actually be better. Never plant when it is too wet, don't plant soybeans within 24 hours of a heavy rain.
 
Don't see that done much around here with corn anymore. A few plow but most loosen up the dirt with field cultivator first. Beans are no tilled more than corn.
 
I started no-tilling in 1982. I did it for over five years solid on some of the farms. Corn and soybeans. My corn yields sucked, slipped lower each year. The bean yields where fine. I broke out the chisel plow in 1987 on all of the corn ground. I broke the 200 bushel mark for the first time that year. So I till 100% of my corn ground. The issue is compaction on my soil types. I now do deep ripping every three years on all of the ground. So I fall disk rip 1/3 of the ground each year. The rest is just disk chisel plowed.

I do no-till some soybeans but have cut back because of the trouble with the trash left behind 200 bushel plus corn. The beans have started to have spotty stands with no-till in the heavy trash. So I work the ground that the stalks are not baled on.
 
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