MNfarmer85 - 9/15/2023 23:14

In most cases will probably take 3-5 years to see things get better structure wise but the lack of blowing dirt happens a lot quicker.

At least now some research places are showing results with not just the yields but also the ROI/profitability, sometimes picking up 1-2 bushels more actually went backwards when money gets factored.

I've been mostly no-till for 6 or so years now on heavy clay loam soil in the center of "It doesn't work here" territory and the crops look the same as all the rest around here, maybe its just the smaller equipment I run not causing as much compaction or something but thought for sure I would see some ugly spots where I drove with wagons each fall and I can't tell the difference in yield. Compaction caused in the spring seems to do the most damage, although some of that turned out better than expected despite our lack of rainfall. (Cattle manure getting spread in the spring, or the last of the corn stalk bales that sat out over winter. Obviously try to stay out when wet but sometimes stuff just happens.) Only tillage was with a modified disk and 2-4" deep, either to try and cover rye seed or level out some ruts.