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1. Planting Equipment for No-tillPlanters or drills have to cut and handle the residue, penetrate the soil to desired seeding depth, and establish proper seed-to-soil contact. Keeping these three items in mind, a producer can evaluate the strengths or weaknesses of any piece of planting equipment and make any adjustments or changes necessary to make no-till planting successful. Fortunately. most currently available planters and drills can be used for no-till with few, if any, modifications. In the early days of no-till, producers... |
2. Preparing for No-till Planting into CRP LandAs CRP contracts expire, many producers are considering bringing the land back into crop production. In order to conserve soil and water, and to keep the soil building benefits of idling the land for ten years, no-till is the best production system to use. Tillage will destroy the soil structure that has built up from the freeze-thaw and wetting-drying cycles. In addition, it will plant surface weed seeds and stimulate seeds which have been buried for the last ten years. Tillage will also fluff and... |