central iowa | HLChas - 4/17/2024 10:38
So question regarding row cleaners. Last year we upgraded Kinze planters, and the newer one (3650) only came with no till counters and not cleaners, whereas our old planter had some worn out cleaners that the shop guys thought weren't worth using on the new planter.
Question is, do row cleaners give a yield difference?
Particularly we run an even 50-50 corn and bean rotation, no till on each. Never had an issue planting corn into bean stubble, but we plant beans into corn stalks, and our corn head does have stalk stompers on it. Is there a use for row cleaners in corn stalks? I've seen studies that double cropping corn it's useful to have cleaners but also that for beans into stalks, it's not as necessary. I'd love to have them, but if it's going to cost $10k for 16 cleaners I got to be sure I can make.my money back on them
Your location would help people to answer this, but here goes my opinion. NO way i would plant notill in central iowa without them HERE, on most years you need to clear the path to 1 remove the residue so you are not pinning it in with the seed and also to help warm the row and get and help maintain soil temps. Here you can always tell a guy who cleared a good path and one who didn't by uneven emergence and uneven growth. The last guy I knew who did much no till without them normally waited much later to plant when soils were warmer and he seemed to get away with it, but still suffered some uneven corn due to residue.
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Row Cleaners and Yield Difference?
