Eastern SD | RecreationalTillage - 10/28/2025 08:58
Only got half that field done last night before the rain started AGAIN and if isn't black before freezing, there is extremely high risk of no crop getting planned next year. Been there, done that.
One may be surprised that since adopting this crop rotation and intensive tillage strategy, OM% has been going up every year. The expert soil scientists preaching the notill religion fail to mention that there's near zero carbon being burned up from tillage when the soil temperature is below 50F.
Fuel is the lowest cost per acre expense here. Make. It. Black.
I fully agree with making it black. Some people just do not understand that in some soils/climates it just doesn't warm up or dry out without being black. My om is in the 4-5% range with conventional tillage since the 1800s so i think ill be ok on that front
. As far as tillage killing all the soil biology id like to know what all these birds are following me around eating if my soil is so "dead" from all this tillage i do every year.
Edited by Midwestfeeder 10/28/2025 09:55
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Does corn or beans benifit more from deep tillage?
