Years ago farmers had a thing called "crop rotation" which helped soil structure, plus they added a lot of humus to the soil in the form of manure, straw, stalks, etc. Now it's the same crop repeated year after year and chemicals added that destroy good bacteria, worms, etc., along with the bad stuff, and chemical fertilizers instead of "natural fertilizers". Yes, this has led to increased yields in the short term, but IMO has destryed the soil long term. When we moved to a small 100 acre farm in Feb. '56, the first few years we got 65 to 75 bu/acre of corn. By the time Dad had been there 10 years with a lotof livestock on the farm, he had it up to 175 bu/acre. Some was no doubt due to improved plants, but most was due to his farming practices. He alsoo had it figuredout that planting more seeds did not mean more corn or beans either... there was a limit to how much you could plant.
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Today's Featured Article - Box Plow Blues - by Tom Schwarz. One of the first implements most tractor owners obtain is the box plow. For very little money, this piece of equipment promises to plow and flatten any hill or vale on your ranch road or farm. At least that's what I thought! As simple as a box plow appears, it can be rather challenging to make work correctly. In our sandy soils of Florida, traction is king. You can never have wide enough tires or heavy enough weights to get all the traction you want � unless you own a monster tractor. U
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