Re: Need Your Opinion on No-Till

Posted by Joe Evans on October 06, 2004 at 10:51:49 from (209.41.233.76):

In Reply to: Need Your Opinion on No-Till posted by Allan in NE on October 06, 2004 at 10:10:40:

My brother works for the local Soil Conservation Service. Up until last year or so they were promoting rotational--mixing no-till with moldboarding with moldboarding occurring every fourth year (I think).

Now they are totally off the moldboard gig. I wish I could recall the reasons specifically, but he mentioned some things about earthworm tunnel preservation and microbial action in the upper few inches of the soil.

I am of the opinion that you need to moldboard to some extent. If you do it every 4th or 5th year, that's a 75% to 80% reduction in moldboarding when it was done every year. That's not too shabby--quite a reduction.

I really think the main rub with the new soil politics is that moldboarding every now and again is OK, but it needs to be done properly with respect to preserving field waterways and run-off integrity. Seems Bro' has a 'thing' for this--he is always noting improper tillage and resultant erosion when we travel around together.

Hopefully he'll see this thread and give us some of that edukashun he got.

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