Thanks for this update, as I remember you took a photo, last year, of corn stalks after combine went thru and you mentioned "the verdict is still out" on whether all this residue or mat of residue was a good thing or not. {Note: This will be my first year with BT choppers and all rows with stalk stompers; so I will "see" how it goes next Spring}

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Shelling corn. This year I only ran stompers on the rows the tires ran over. The last couple years with cold and lots of snow cover all winter all the rows stomped flat seemed to make a thick mat that did not break down at all. Coupled with 2 very wet springs I struggled to get beans planted into this. That was why for the first time in almost 18 years I planted 30" row beans. As the planter with Dawn closing wheels is a little better adapted to planting in wetter conditions. I planted between the old corn rows.

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