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Posted by old fashioned farmer on February 27, 2003 at 04:49:59 from (164.107.3.53):
In Reply to: Planting Crops posted by T_Bone on February 27, 2003 at 03:59:38:
Well, as you could probably tell from my handle, I'm not a big advocate of notill work. Just prefer the old methods. But Farmer/Paul is right about the methodology. I have several neighbors who no till. I've seen some interesting results though in comparison of the two methods. Had a 10 acre corn field on year. It had been pasture for about 10 years or so. Half of it got plowed and the other half just sprayed and then planted. The results were very interesting. The field yielded about 160 bushels to the acre which is good for us. I went flying with my dad and took some photos of the field. The difference in the two halves was amazing. the plowed section was tall, dark green corn with most stalks bearing two ears. The notill section was straggly, with weeds returning and a very poor showing in yield. No till works well for a lot of people but I just don't like having to depend on sprays for weed control and having to pay the extra money to have it done. Just prefer the old fashioned way of cultivating. Of course, on a small farm this is possible but it may not be quite so easy on the larger ones. One other thing, it's more fun to listen to my R lug down with a four bottom than it is to listen to the cargil man sprayin weeds. God bless. --old fashioned farmer
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