Middlesex County, Ontario | We're about as far North as you are. Getting in the field and good planting conditions are two different things.
I know I can get into a no-tilled winter wheat stubble field earlier than one that was disced and needs to be cultivated. The problem is ground temperature, that no-tilled field just doesn't warm up. I don't know if you are familiar with OMAFRA but their research shows corn following cereals on our fine clay-xxxxxx soils has a 9 bu response to tillage.
I am interested in strip till. I think blackened rows will catch the sunlight and warm the strips up, and the tillage will bring that 9 bu back. Their research shows no yield difference between moldboard plowing and fall strip tilling on fine soils.
Edited by WildBuckwheat 5/8/2014 08:06
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Water infiltration notill vs chisel plowed?
