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West Central Indiana | Similar situation for me last year. Timber clay soils.
I had planned to put it corn but field conditions and timing just didn’t work out. Ended up applying fertilizer for bean crop. No tillage, planted green. Had to adjust depth a little and plant slower than normal because it was a little rough. Burn down shortly after, using very healthy rates and kept booms low and slow.
Beans came up nicer than I expected. Couple small thin spots due to vole feeding. Stayed pretty clean though. Second herbicide pass cleaned up grasses that came back.
Overall beans went mid 60s
I don’t know how your field lays, but if you’re planning on a disk or vt pass. I would spray it as soon as it’s fit. Let the hay crop brown out well before tillage. Only experiment I’ve had with chisel plow in spring was a bust. And a trip to the chiropractor. | |
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Putting Hayfield back into Row Crop Production
