No till corn?

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   Soil is anywhere from sandy knobs (hence my screen name) to clay, to black dirt.  Mostly sandy loam though. 

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Sandknob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Oblong, IL Points: 2456	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sandknob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 11:48am
	Soil is anywhere from sandy knobs (hence my screen name) to clay, to black dirt. Mostly sandy loam though.

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DMiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 34957	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 2:54pm
	Maybe I am just seeing things but around here the farms are leaving a wider edge of field margin, big enough to run a 15' batwing rotary thru, seems they no longer plant every available foot. New combines seem a bit tender if get into vegetation and planter cannot handle the harsh corners on tighter or ever tightening rows, even with beans.

fourthgeneration Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Joined: 03 Jan 2017 Location: ohio Points: 170	Post Options Post Reply Quote fourthgeneration Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 4:10pm
	We haven't tiilled since 2005. I have no plans to start doing it again. I only fill ruts in. We have a white 6000 interplant with no till coulters and spiked losing wheels with depth control bands. I did have some new tiled areas that we went over this spring. We had to replant the corn in those areas this spring.

7060 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Location: Missouri Points: 1148	Post Options Post Reply Quote 7060 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 5:42pm
	We have been no-tilling everything since the early 2000's. I think stand has more to do with yield than tillage, and sometimes one is better than the other. I have to disagree with notill being better for erosion in some cases. With a 2-3" rain the water will soak in worked ground, but notill the water will wash down the rows or run across the top making washboards. Anything more than that and they are both going to erode anyways, but I follow my farm plan.

Gerald J. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Hamilton Co, IA Points: 5636	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gerald J. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 7:04pm
	In my experience the stover left on the ground has been very effective in preventing erosion, even along the notill rows. Since 2009 my tenant has been strip tilling and still no erosion has happened. Though full tillage fields in the neighborhood have had huge gullies after heavy wet spring rains. Gerald J.