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South Central MN | Looks like it was run pretty shallow. (Basically what most VT machines are designed for though, shallow and fast, so you can say you did fall tillage while saying you want to be no-till.)
I'm in an area that is mostly full fall tillage, work it and the blacker the better, fill up the road ditch with soil off the old beet field and run a chopping head, plus VT before you go through with the disk ripper kind of area.
I dabble in reduced tillage/no-till, probably gained some of my neighbors residue/dirt the past few years, though I did run over a bunch of acres with a disk that had shallow concavity blades put on it but still looks like actual tillage this fall, mainly to work in fertilizer and rye seed, plus attempt to reduce the speedbumps that are sprayer tracks. Was worried about residue blowing away when working but seems most stayed put, don't run a chopping corn head so might be enough longer stuff to cling to the ground some.
Can't always help some stuff blowing off, but if it is enough to fill up the ditch then something needs to change, same with dirt blowing. That feels like throwing dollar bills out into the ditch with all the nutrients that are moving out of the field.
I've been surprised how much 6" of the base of a corn stalk can catch when 4 out of 6 rows are standing that tall after I get done harvesting, probably wouldn't hurt for those running a VT to leave a few sticking up after a pass either even if it wipes out 50% of those left by the combine header, they still make a difference.
I will add that some of the stubble is still sticking up past 4" even if it is at an angle, so should catch dirt/snow/residue that blows across this winter, will still plant well with my planter.
Edited by MNfarmer85 12/18/2024 00:47
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Stalks in ditch
