Ethridge, TN | We are doing close to 600 acres of continuous corn, and that acreage might grow if they keep jacking the bean seed prices. The best tool we have found is the Krause Dominator for handling the residue. We run the Dominator in the fall, close to right behind the combine, and then hit it once with the Great Plains Ultra-till in the spring(this unit has the disc blades, not the straight coulters, and there are some modes that need done for it to work right), then plant it. The planter is a basic Kinze 2700, 24 row, with liquid starter, no coulters, no row cleaners. The Dominator does an excellent job of taking care of the residue, mixing it with enough soil so it breaks down, but mulching enough to control any erosion problems. Here is the problem in your case tho, I don't think you have enough tractor there to hardly pull the little one. We have a 18' on a JD9520, running triples, and the tractor definitely "knows" that it's there, and we are just running all chisels shanks, no deep rips. I'm using the JD Laser 3" points on it.
Edited by ChrisOH 9/9/2006 09:12
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