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Mowing Corn Stalks

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TwinCreek

01-04-2002 04:40:46




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I am somewhat a "newbie" to farming, so I hope you more experienced farmers will bear with me. I have some land that I rented to a farmer last year who planted corn on it. He harvested his crop but has since gone out of business. The land has the corn stalks, leaves, remains of cobs, etc. on it. What is typically used to "mow" and chop these things down in farming? I want to clear an acre or so of the land for christmas trees. Will a brush hog mow and pulverize these things?

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John A.

01-04-2002 20:24:57




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
Twin Creek, If those stalks are this years , There is probably some ear corn on the groung! String some electric fence around it and graze your mama cows! Take advantage of cheap feed before you shread and disk that field.
Just a word from an ol Tx/Ok panhandle boy who has
grazed many a head on Stalks & Wheat pasture.

PS Don't shread till you are ready to start disking, because High wind can and will blow away
the residue between shredding and disking times.
Voice of experience had drift of stalks 4ft deep
behind our house after very high winds. Had to fork them into a pickup to get back yard usuable.

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Hal

01-04-2002 20:20:13




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
The rye is a good idea, but it is really too late into winter now. The best you could do is broadcast it on frozen ground and hope that with thawing and freezing it will sink in and maybe a percentage will germinate. If you have ANY chance of erosion from water, I wouldn't touch any of the ground until spring, other than if you want to take a chance and broadcast the rye on frozen ground, about 2 bushel/scre. This past December you could have got away with planting rye, but remember there were some super warm days early in the month in the northeast; October would be better.

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TP from Central PA

01-04-2002 12:34:05




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
We brush-hogged ours this fall and it worked great! If I was you I would seed it down with rye to eliminate any erosion in the beginning of spring when it rains alot, and to get some more organic matter in your ground. Then I would run a disk over it, come spring the rye will be acouple inches high and plow under nice!

Don't know where your from but this works well for us here in PA!



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TwinCreek

01-04-2002 12:45:39




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 Re: Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TP from Central PA, 01-04-2002 12:34:05  
Thank you all for your advice and not making fun of us beginners! TP I happen to be from eastern PA so I am looking hard at your advice.



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TP from Central PA

01-04-2002 15:53:43




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 Re: Re: Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 12:45:39  
Wow, that is interesting! I personally use the rye because the farm we rent is hilly and washes if the gound is fairly bare, the rye really helps! The first year you will have to buy the rye, but then leave a couple acres stand, combine it in July, and that fall you have "free" rye.

We planted our rye cover crop in the begining of December, I disked it when it was still warm, and now it is up and looking good(until it got cold).

And, a word from experience, Don't broadcast(I use a broadcast seeder to sow the rye) during the night. I overseeded one field and it looks like a yard! And in another I have a 5 ft. area where nothing is planted, oh well I had to sand and paint a 826IH during the day, and night was the only time I could plant.

Good luck on your cornstalks!!!!!

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Disk IT

01-04-2002 11:50:31




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
We always shredded our cotton stalks, but would run the diskharrow over the corn fields. If it is dry enough to disk (and the ground is not frozen) you will be able to get a jump on your spring tillage. At this time of year shredding may be the only answer.



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Walt

01-04-2002 09:17:46




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
If you use a brushhog, do it now, let it set 'till spring to rot, will be much easier plowing. I tried to plow once a few days after using a brushhog, clogged up the plow so much that I went out and bought a 12' corn stalk stredder, do not have any problems. You might be able to rent a corn stredder at a local dealer.



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Dave in Mo

01-04-2002 05:07:38




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 Re: Mowing Corn Stalks in reply to TwinCreek, 01-04-2002 04:40:46  
Brushhoggin' will do the trick. I do this before I plow in the spring to minimize the trash plugging up the moldboards.



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