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SUBSCRIBEGeneral No-Till
questions converting to no till
Post At
11/ 4/2011 - 10:02 pm
reply from
mark weathersbee
We are wanting to convert to a no till system but admit don't have much experience with it and a lot of people in our area don't know either, most are older farmers and still do a conventional till system or maybe a strip till.
We are looking at a strip till system as well but I'm curious about the no till. Much of our equipment is older as we used to farm a lot of acres but now cut back to just what we own ~200 acres.
Our equipment for example is a KMC planter frame with JD 71 flex planters. Can this be converted to a no till row crop planter? I know companies make the coulters for the front of it but I'm curious as to the seed coverage wheel if it will close up the soil well enough.
We farm in central south georgia, soil is sandy and has lower organic content, part of the reason for wanting to convert is to improve this. We are trying to convert without large capital investment in major new equipment. Most of our crops are cotton, soybeans, some peanuts/corn.
Thanks for any information you can help us with.
We are looking at a strip till system as well but I'm curious about the no till. Much of our equipment is older as we used to farm a lot of acres but now cut back to just what we own ~200 acres.
Our equipment for example is a KMC planter frame with JD 71 flex planters. Can this be converted to a no till row crop planter? I know companies make the coulters for the front of it but I'm curious as to the seed coverage wheel if it will close up the soil well enough.
We farm in central south georgia, soil is sandy and has lower organic content, part of the reason for wanting to convert is to improve this. We are trying to convert without large capital investment in major new equipment. Most of our crops are cotton, soybeans, some peanuts/corn.
Thanks for any information you can help us with.
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