Posted 4/20/2014 20:23 (#3827576 - in reply to #3825202) Subject: RE: Explain the concept of a crop being "hard on the soil"
SE IA
It doesn't help.as much as the guy who applys manure without cutting silage. I saw where Illinois did a study on removing corn silage and how it didn't lower OM. But that is Illinois on some awfully forgiving prairie soils.
My vote would be a crop that doesn't return any OM. And soybeans would fall into this category. But I'm trying to make a living and have to rotate to something besides corn.
Explain the concept of a crop being "hard on the soil"
