BryceH - 4/20/2025 22:49
1972RedNeck - 4/20/2025 21:29
BryceH - 4/20/2025 22:23
95% tillage and 5% no-till. Just to damn dry here to make no-till work but it would sure be slick.
How so?
I hear people claim that they are "too wet" to not till. Almost makes sense to me but I can't comprehend "too wet". We are the driest of dry and no till is a no brainer here...
If a weed isn't growing it can't be killed with spray... Prime example is a kochia plant that sprouted in June and got bigger then a couple inches by late June early July. Red freon grass is another prime example. If these weeds get started and we don't see a rain for 8-12 weeks they just can't be terminated with chem but will struggle along enough to hurt your fallow period. To add to it this is 25 bu wheat country. At $5 a bu thats $125 gross an acres. By the time you pay rent, equipment costs, labor, etc theres not a lot of room for chem outside of RUP and 24D
Quick search shows you get pretty good rains in the summer months. We used to, but that last 5 years we regularly won't see much then a couple .3-.6" storms from mid Jun till late October.
https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?mt8324
It should be noted I'm organic and cant no-till regardless. I see a couple neighbors try though and they are pretty damn good farmers. Just tough country some years.
Tillage vs No Tillage %
