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| Some of the row beans were preceded by oats (conventional till system) while others were preceded by forage radishes on 30" rows (the bean rows) with oats in the inter-rows (minimum till system). Both the radish and oats winterkilled and the residues were incorporated a few inches deep with a rotavator prior to planting.
The solid beans were notill drilled into a very thick stand of rolled cereal rye (no-till system).
This is a replicated experiment (4 reps) with 3 treatments (all organic).
Click on the following link to see some photos of the full sequence starting last fall.
http://picasaweb.google.com/joelandlisa/Tillagesystemexperiment#
I would be glad to discuss this experiment more but I still have lots to do to get ready for our August 7 field day.
Hope to see some you!
Joel
WIU Agriculture
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WIU Cover Crop Innovator project
