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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:44:54 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote: On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:25:37 -0400, PocoLoco wrote: You mean all that time I spent plowing the cut corn stalks under the ground (about 9" deep) was *wrong*. You could make a lot of farmers happy if you could convince them that plowing was a waste of time! They already do that in New England and I would imagine in most of the US. In the spring, it's just a disc and harrow, then rest the field for two/three days, then plant. Doug is right about the gardening thing. Even when they turn a corn field to a hay field for "resting" for a few years, it's strictly a disc and harrow, then plant. In the corn/hay fields I hire out, even five years or so, it's turned into a hay field and the hay fields are turned into corn fields. Every ten years or so, a bean crop is planted and just quickly turned over (disc and harrow) in the Spring. That's about 125 acres of each turned over every five years on average. I still see a lot of plowed fields, but maybe that's just because corn stalks would be hard to turn over with a disc and harrow. I left the farm many years ago, so techniques have probably changed somewhat. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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"PocoLoco" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:44:54 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:25:37 -0400, PocoLoco wrote: You mean all that time I spent plowing the cut corn stalks under the ground (about 9" deep) was *wrong*. You could make a lot of farmers happy if you could convince them that plowing was a waste of time! They already do that in New England and I would imagine in most of the US. In the spring, it's just a disc and harrow, then rest the field for two/three days, then plant. Doug is right about the gardening thing. Even when they turn a corn field to a hay field for "resting" for a few years, it's strictly a disc and harrow, then plant. In the corn/hay fields I hire out, even five years or so, it's turned into a hay field and the hay fields are turned into corn fields. Every ten years or so, a bean crop is planted and just quickly turned over (disc and harrow) in the Spring. That's about 125 acres of each turned over every five years on average. I still see a lot of plowed fields, but maybe that's just because corn stalks would be hard to turn over with a disc and harrow. I left the farm many years ago, so techniques have probably changed somewhat. Take a closer look at what they're doing. Or, ask. |
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