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Howard H.

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We havent had an inch of moisture in close to a year out here in the Oklahoma strip

This storm rolled in last night - about the only kind we have lately.

Kansas giving back the top the top soil weve been sending them all of March. The 100 mile long front line of dust was visible on satellite images.

There is about 5 minutes between the first and last pic.







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I thought we were going to see an early 70s Plymouth 340 duster ! In all seriousness that does not look good ! Kinda scary !
 
No-til & summer fallow means chemicals. Chemicals are making weeds that are resistant. Chemicals are getting stronger. All the time washing into streams and leaching into the groundwater. Is that what you think the answer is? I farmed no-til the last few years I farmed and at that point you almost couldn't kill weeds that were over 2 tall. Some not at all unless you mixed in paraquat. No-til is a short term answer in my opinion and I used it for several years. I was ready to go back to conventional farming when I decided to retire from farming.
 
I've recorded 2 different documentaries on the Dust Bowl. These photos sure do look like they could have come from back then!

Be careful, and breath as little of that aerial cement as you can!!
 

That advice might have meant something back in the 60s.

But for the past several decades dry land out here is on mostly chemical/fallow rotation keeping every stalk of cover possible.

Its just part of living in this area when it is SO dry

This is shows the scale of yesterdays storm rolling in where the 5 states come together - so its not a matter of a few old timers still using oneways:








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No Thrill is not all it is cracked up to be. I've tried it over the last 30 years with rather poor results. Either nothing comes up or it is so thin you can throw a cat through there and not hit a thing. My brother can nothrill corn in and be fine.I use the same planter with same adjustments and hope it comes up. Yes it is only planting seed at 1-1/2 2 inches planting in the 32-34,000 range so not thin planting either. May not be as thick as it might be bout this dirt will not sustain thicker population on it. Most guys out there use sweep plows to keep weeds in control. NO it does not disturb the top much just slides through under the surface to cut the weeds off at the roots yet leave the surface mostly like it was before. Some use a rod weeder which after seeing one never could understand how or what they did other than cost fuel to run around the field. The soil in The most of OK is a very fragile soil from what I saw in my years of cutting wheat there and talking to the farmers.
 
A lot of dirt has been moving here all spring but not as much as you have. We got four inches of rain overnight so the dust has stopped for now. Hope you get some much needed moisture.
 
> This is shows the scale of yesterdays storm rolling in where the 5 states come together - so its not a matter of a few old timers still using oneways:

No, but a few overzealous farmers with one-ways trying to kill every weed can sure cause problems for their neighbors in a dry year.

I wonder what will happen once the Ogallala dries up and all the circles sitting on sandhills have to shut down.
 
> Most guys out there use sweep plows to keep weeds in control. NO it does not disturb the top much just slides through under the surface to cut the weeds off at the roots yet leave the surface mostly like it was before. Some use a rod weeder which after seeing one never could understand how or what they did other than cost fuel to run around the field

Back in the seventies I spent many hours pulling sweeps and rod weeders on ground that produced a mediocre crop of wheat every other year. Thirty years later we were leasing that same ground to a farmer who was getting excellent corn and wheat crops two out of three years. (With help from heavy doses of fertilizer.) So there is something to chemical fallow. Is there a better solution?
 
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