Posted by kyhayman on October 05, 2010 at 07:24:21 from (75.105.0.38):
In Reply to: Why plow at all? posted by KYfarm on October 05, 2010 at 04:42:39:
I hate to moldboard plow, period. Its one of those jobs that, to me is way too expensive in time and fuel. For several years I did just what you describe for corn, and other crops. Run a disc, plant, and be done. There are some drawbacks, particularly as others have said with compaction. It doesnt matter if the soil is dry enough on top to disc, its where the edge of the disc pans run that matters. Its real easy in a Kentucky spring to fudge a little on the ground being dry enough to run the disc. When you do, you've got problems. Much of the early notill research was done in Kentucky, and our state is one of the leading states in the nation for per capita notill acres.
I do run a chisel plow on occassion and also do pure notill. Both have there place for me. The biggest problem I see is with 5 acres its hard to justify investing in a different piece of equipment. For what its worth, I'd try to find a 2 row or 4 row which are sometimes cheaper, notill planter. Forget the plow and disc and just plant. I see JD and Allis 2 row n.t. planters selling for under 1000 bucks most years.
Generally, what I do is following some hay crop be it alfalfa or grass take the first cutting as early as I can get it off in May and wrap for round bale silage, spray with Roundup and Bicep at the low rate and immediately plant notill into the stubble with R.R. corn. After chopping the corn I immediately notill drill cover crop wheat into the stubble. The Bicep usually stunts the wheat a little but I can live with that better than erosion. Wheat comes off in early May as round bale silage, chisel and disc once each, and immediately plant R.R. corn. Back in the fall with either wheat notill or wheat and alfalfa and a grass. If its a dry fall I may wait until the wheat comes off in May to plant the alfalfa notill into the stubble.
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