General No-Till

We are after Henbit, Mustards & any other winter annuals, but it certainly seems to supress or delay the early germinating summer annuals also. Henbit has become a serious problem in this area the last few years. We have had good success w/ Valor XLT + Lo-Vol 2-4-D on land going to soybeans. We used to use Glyphosate in the mix, but this last fall, We dropped it out & still seem to have the same control this spring. Things are really clean yet this spring & we all know it has been a much warmer than normal winter & spring & it is still holding rather well. Some pig weeds starting to come thru in a few places. On land going to corn we used Atrazine + Lo-Vol 2-4-D + Crop Oil & had good success. At the risk of getting yelled @ by the "Cover-Crop" promoters, I will share that we will consistently get higher yields on the following crop if we use a Fall "Burn-down" instead of a cover crop & have a clean field all winter. Later, Grant

By Clean field, I mean free of winter annual weeds. There is no shortage of ground cover in 160 bu corn stalks & residue left over after harvest. This will control erosion issues quite well. You have to do something w/ the winter annuals that are there before you plant the cover crop, or they will take it over. "Been there, Done that" too many times. High yielding irrigated soybean straw & residue is also good winter cover & does not take precious moisture needed by the next crop. in fact, a crop residue mulch not only helps control wind & water erosion, but also helps preserve moisture. In the many times I have planted cover crops, I have yet to see them overcome already establishede Henbit or Marestails. Later, Grant