When asked about tillage, RealAgriculture’s Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson says to do as little as you can. But when tillage is necessary what should it be — disc ripping? Moldboard plowing?
In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, Pete says that tillage erosion is 10 times worse than wind and water erosion. The disc ripper is a tillage erosion tool, the moldboard plow itself is not.
If growers want the benefits of the moldboard plow without the erosion risk, they need to act like they are practicing to win the plowing match, leaving it as level as possible. If they do that perfect job of plowing, the field will only need to be cultivated once.
Also in this episode hear about winter weather, phosphorus, soybean trials and you guessed it, more tillage.
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SUMMARY
- It’s been a warm November, but winter is here
- Re-establishing clover in winter wheat in November?
- Wheat crop conditions in Michigan and maybe Ontario just about as good as it can get
- Break in the southern plain drought to impact winter wheat
- Small plot research isn’t as easy as you’d think – soybean trial results up at GoCrops.ca
- Yellow strips in wheat crop? Need more information!
- It’s not the weight of the water, it’s the momentum of the raindrop – or is it?
- Banded fertilizer or broadcast, if it’s replacement phosphorus you cannot lower the rate
- Medium soil test levels to maximize yields
- Calcium improving phosphorus uptake? That’s a head scratcher.
- Solid science driving home the importance of rotation in corn
- Corn residue carrying a bigger penalty in 2024 – it’s in the weather
- Dry versus liquid fertilizer on wheat – the difference is in the data
- Low level of nitrogen added to cover crop oats? Can’t change the carbon to nitrogen ratio in residue
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