Anonymous-0
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I have 2 questions for more experienced farmers on here. I am expanding my 60 acre row crop operation, may be picking up 50 acres erodible marginal crop ground. I don't want to farm marginal ground but I'm hobby/part-time and can't compete with the big farmers for the good ground. I'm experienced with normal corn/bean on good ground.
1. Is there any problem with continuous no-till beans? Do I need to plant corn in every 4 years or can I get by continuous beans with plenty of P and K? I want to keep inputs low as possible and also I don't think deep tillage for corn would be possible without washing the land down stream.
2. (unrelated) I bale hay on my Father-In-Law's 15 acres. It has just been grass for years, part was planted alfalfa but that was 15 years ago. We are wanting to re-seed alfalfa. Should I spray the existing with 2-4-d and no-till with the FSA 7.5" drill? Or moldboard, disk it and broadcast it followed by a cultipacker? Fertilizer advice? Time of year to plant?
Row cropping his ground isn't an option and haying any of the aforementioned marginal ground near me isn't an option either, his place is 30 miles away and I keep the hay equipment there and I run row crop around my place.
1. Is there any problem with continuous no-till beans? Do I need to plant corn in every 4 years or can I get by continuous beans with plenty of P and K? I want to keep inputs low as possible and also I don't think deep tillage for corn would be possible without washing the land down stream.
2. (unrelated) I bale hay on my Father-In-Law's 15 acres. It has just been grass for years, part was planted alfalfa but that was 15 years ago. We are wanting to re-seed alfalfa. Should I spray the existing with 2-4-d and no-till with the FSA 7.5" drill? Or moldboard, disk it and broadcast it followed by a cultipacker? Fertilizer advice? Time of year to plant?
Row cropping his ground isn't an option and haying any of the aforementioned marginal ground near me isn't an option either, his place is 30 miles away and I keep the hay equipment there and I run row crop around my place.