This little field was part of dad's hog yard, soil test was off the chart, they said numbers like that get you in trouble if you are fertilizing.... It's kinda low ground too had a wet acre in the middle, one end is peat ground, one side is spoils from the county ditch. A very 'busy' 3 acres. :)
Most of the time I chop the stalks in fall, disk or field cultivate in spring, and plant it. Two years it was too cold to get it growing poor stand, last year with the rains I didn't get N on in time - I had planted it _Very_ early sometime in April to get the neighbors going, as cold as last spring was I didn't expect it to grow but it did come up pretty good, then so much rain couldn't get the N on.
Couple years ago we ran tile through it, so neighbor harvested it for corn silage.
Other than that year, no fall tillage, fairly light spring tillage. Been fun to see what works and what doesn't. Mostly it seems I proved to myself minimum tillage corn on corn in my wet southern MN ground can work most years, but it would bite you badly about 1 in 5 years if you were trying to do the whole farm that way. Way too risky. The N penalty is worst the first year.
I also don't do any insect or traited seed on that 3 acres, and only saw insect issues one year where it mattered. But then, the neighbors are likely full traits I'm probably the neighborhood refuge, so the insect pressures are brought down from what they do.
Beans don't like my clay, peat, wet soil, so been experimenting with corn on corn for the past 15 years, probably do 1/3 beans and 2/3 corn that is pretty normal around here in the shadow of the ethanol coop, corn pays, beans are a rotation.....
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
