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mhagny
Posted 11/16/2012 19:29 (#2700933 - in reply to #2700893)
Subject: Re: no till and water runoff


Relevant reading:

http://www.notill.org/LE_Articles/V8N2A2_hagny.pdf

http://www.notill.org/LE_Articles/V7N3A4_control_erosion.pdf

http://www.notill.org/LE_Articles/V7N3A3_runoff.pdf

All of us can do more to preserve stalks if we need to.  And most anyone who can grow soybeans can grow a cover crop of cereal rye (or other winter grass) ahead of the beans without risking yield loss in the beans -- given a modicum of attention to detail.  There are always improvements to be made.  Ultimately, areas that are highly susceptible to erosion probably need to be in perennial species -- alfalfa, grass, orchards, etc.  A really radical idea is growing grain crops amidst a perennial species -- corn into bluegrass sod (google it), or winter cereals grown atop summer perennials -- wheat growing on bermudgrass, or wheat growing on alfalfa. 

We tried seeding some nightcrawlers this year, but it was such a horribly hot/dry spring that we barely got stands of soybeans, so the project failed as far as I can discern.  Once established, the nightcrawlers will endure our droughts. 

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