| SamT - 5/20/2024 22:37
Anything green is competition for water, nutrients and sunlight.
Of course blowing dirt is the biggest yield limiter of all.
That’s why strip till is popular everywhere and you never hear any big debate over if it’s dumb or not. You get cover , but not too much, and you get mineralization from the tillage, compaction busting of your pulling deep, and the ability to band nutrients in the root zone.
I just wish I’d small guys could afford a strip till. They are proud of them. A six row would be a nice size for the smaller acreage operations, and affordable if they start out with a liquid program. A new Yetter Maverick 6 row could be setup for under 30 grand. It’s the dry carts that are expensive when paired behind a six row. Like 2 1/2 times as much as the toolbar and units. |
More Often Than Not, Planting Green Caused Yield Drag
