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centash

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Very hot and windy today.This has dried out the surface of just planted fields and the wind has picked up the soil resulting in localized dust storms. An old glacial beach runs through the township and this soil is very sandy and blows quite easily. At times, visibility was a few hundred yards or less in these streamers. Tons of soil is lost in these areas where conventional tillage has buried all the residue. The no til soil held it's own for the most part. This evening we got a 2 inch downpour in just over an hour, and more of this fragile soil was lost. There will be a few bare spots by fall.

Ben

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I do not like herbicides any more than anybody else, but herbicides have allowed us to no till To save our soil from blowing and washing away. Years ago we plowed everything black and raging dust storms ensued, filling fence rows with and road ditches with soil. I no till my soybeans into standing corn stalks so obviously there is no wind erosion happening in those fields. The bean stubble is field cultivated once before planting but the left over corn stalk residue from two years before along with the bean residue holds the soil just well enough to keep it from blowing. The past few days have been awful windy but we had no blowing soil Anywhere.
 
like the jerk from new york who said anyone can farm its easy. he can teach anyone how.
stacking hay in top of barn with steel roof when is over 80 degrees isn't easy.
 
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