Just Completed First Spring Tillage

I know that 85 acres is small potatoes to most farmers but that was a lot to me-and one of the most fulfilling and fun days in my life.

Is there anything prettier than a freshly tilled field?

I will attempt to post a link to the pictures below.

Paul

• Pictures of Disking

Say, you're yankin' on my ol' heartstrings there; she really looks good.

I understand your running the rig shallow on the open bean ground, but notice you have quite a lot of residue in the old corn stalks.

Do you have to use a no-till planter in those stalks in the one picture, or can you get a surface rig thru 'em? When do you normally plant?

I really like the look of that disc you have. You're livin' my dream, ya know.

Allan

All my ground going to beans is going to be no-tilled right into stalks. Would have no-tilled this but had a lot of ruts from running row cleaners a bit deep last year and some soft ground had ruts from combine last year.

So had to disk it. Darn. :)

Paul

Now I see what you're up to and that makes perfect sense to me.

Good for you! Enjoy that smell of the turned dirt, 'cause you've earned it!

Allan

I am a no-till advocate too-but there was no way I could put corn in as rough as it was.

If things go well it should be a long time before that ground is ever worked again, but I wanted to get it level to start with.