Re: Planting Crops

Posted by Rev JJ on February 27, 2003 at 07:46:22 from (172.162.206.241):

In Reply to: Planting Crops posted by T_Bone on February 27, 2003 at 03:59:38:

Ten years ago, I was an early advocate for a no-till program; being a dealer forUFT had a little to do with it. What I have found to be the case is this;

All things being equal, the only savings no-till offers is in time/labor, not in cash outlay. In North Texas conditions, the lack of tillage must be made up with a cash outlay for chemicals. it is not unusual to spray more than twice. in other words, especially for smaller operators, you can either invest your money in fuel to cultivate&plow and pay yourself to run the tractor, or pay the chemical bill and the spray man. If you already have a set of cultivators, plows, ect, I really think that the old way may be just as good if not better for many operations.

Since fuel is so much higher of late, the above economics may be a little different, but not much. And if contour farming methods are used (remember them?) on rolling areas to minimize runnoff, the lack of chemical use is more environmentally sound as well.

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