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PLANTING OPPORTUNITY. At planting, biologicals are applied in furrow. They're also applied in season and to corn stubble in fall. The biology, amino acids and micronutrients work to break down residue and free nutrients from the soil. Phosphorus hasn't been necessary for years. Greg Woll
No-Till, Regenerative Practices Fit the ‘Retirement’ Bill
Cutting tillage & focusing on regenerative practices helped Greg Woll reduce expenses, boost crop yields & protect the soil
TAKEAWAYS
- Fields during wet springs might look like a mess, but cover crops can soften the blow.
- Conservation practices may earn bonus income with the 45Z Clean Fuel Production tax credit.
- Compare the price and performance of biologicals to traditional fertilizers to explore potential savings.
LORD WILLING, I want to farm until I’m 80 or 85. Believe it or not, no-till is part of my strategy for achieving that goal.
My brother, Jeff, and I both worked full-time jobs until retirement in our early 60s. He was a postal worker. I worked for a youth organization. Reducing labor when we were still working was one of the drivers in our first adventures into no-till. We started no-tilling soybeans in 1995, but it wasn’t until 2019 that we converted all our acres to no-till.
Despite being retired at that point, labor was still a factor. In 2019 I did some math — figuring if I was going to keep farming until I no longer can climb into a tractor — I’d have to change something.
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NAME: Greg Woll
LOCATION: Columbia City, Ind.
ACRES: 2,100
YEARS NO-TILLING: 31
CROPS: Corn, soybeans, hard red winter wheat
PRIMARY SOIL TYPE: Sandy loam to clay
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION: 36-50 inches
We didn’t have the desire or manpower to work ground ahead of the corn planter anymore. With no-till we would need less equipment, spend less time in the field and need less help. There’s also the economic factor. Who can afford diesel fuel…
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