central - east central Minnesota - | Bc1420 - 12/9/2018 20:00 Picked up new farm that has been no-till for many years. Was ripping it this weekend and there was places that would almost stop the tractor in it’s spot. Buggy tracks and end rows where the worst. I have never been no-till mostly flat ground how do u no-till guys fix this problem? Most guys around here work all there ground. Om in this farm is really low like 2-3% I have always read no-till helps build OM. My farm is in the 6% range am I missing something here. Educate me on this! It out of "whack" or out of balance . . . . as pointed out, don't confuse NoTill to tillage and there are vast difference between tillage and notillage and soil types, location and such. Is this a neighboring farm (across the fence) from your 6% OM farm? or down the road a piece? Soil types, cropping practices and such can make a huge difference.
I'd likely start with manure and cover crops on this farm (Regardless of tillage or no-tillage). I'd be planting cover crops along with the manure applications to get the microbial activity going again. I would not give much regard to no-till or tillage at this point. You farm the way it works out best for the ground and your operation. I can make no-tillage work for me, a neighbor just down the road with same soils can't. That doesn't make him wrong and me right or visa-versa . . . . .. . . . Edit to add: if this farm had erosion issues and needed some type of no-tillage, I'd likely be inclined to Strip Till it. . . . . .. .
Edited by iseedit 12/10/2018 06:19
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Hard no-till ground
