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Penn Yan, NY | Almost everyone around here that transitioned a little at a time now say they wish they had done it all at once.
Of course that is looking back once they have figured it out and there is a learning curve.
12 row is not a bad idea, we used to run 12 row for 350 of corn and 350 of beans a year and it could be done in 10 cultivating days a summer if we pushed.
I don't have a lot of faith in non camera based cultivator guidance systems. RTK is nice and the repeatable accuracy has allowed us to eliminate inaccuracy on our strip edges. Sure is nice to have a 30 inch row between corn and beans, we used to have a guess row there that would weave from 20-40 and we either had a strip of weeds or took out the other crop. Our camera based system is great but spendy, if you have the cultivator you could put it together for a bit over $30K
We have started running alfalfa for 3 years and then taking 1st cut off in year 4 then plowing and planting. Planting a little later does drop us back to a 95-98 day corn rather than 103-107 but the warmer soil sure makes the corn jump once it is planted.
I would say jump in! The market is growing faster every year and there is no end in sight.
I would say that you would be crazy not to
Edited by pmartens07 6/18/2015 18:50
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