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| Have done both tillage and no till. Both are ok in my opinion
No till if the ground is level and drained well enough to work
Tillage if the ground won’t allow it to be combined easily
No till won’t allow you to scrape the ground with the bean head so try and pick a taller bean
No till plan on 2-3 trips of heavy rates of roundup. Some grasses are hard to kill. You will think you have it then they come back
What ever you do pull a soil sample. Historically my experience is fertility is low in long term hay ground
I have been told that 2x2 potash is not the best but in a no till and low levels of K I have seen a response from K 2x2. Don’t need full rate but small concentration easy for the plant to get seems to work here. P seems even at low levels the plant can scavenge enough
I have not had issues with slugs in these conditions
I do jump my population up above tillage conditions
Biggest is to pencil your costs This is going to be a low cost producer year. This needs to be your deciding factor
Tillage I would do IF I could ensure I could work it up timely with the equipment I have available and weather allows
Tillage may give a few bushels in a good weather year. No till will be better in a dry July/August
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Putting Hayfield back into Row Crop Production
