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pbutler
Posted 9/24/2008 23:37 (#468867 - in reply to #468802)
Subject: RE: no-till corn on corn-Yes-see pic



Macon, IL

 I did it on 65 acres last year-turned out pretty decent-about 8bu less than my corn following beans (also no till)-was still money ahead of beans.  Just split the rows and it worked great.

This year I tried 40 acres for 3rd year no-till corn on corn. I haven't harvested yet but I have to advise against it at this point. There was so much residue that it looked like windrows after the row cleaners went through. Then the monsoon hit and moved a lot of the windrow back over the rows.

In CIL this was a tough year to no-till corn anyway-just never got warm enought and never dried under all that residue. My 1st year no-till corn isn't much to brag about but the 3rd year stuff really struggled out of the gate.

I haven't given up yet but test area is going to get smaller again this year. If I decide to stick with continuous corn may seriously consider strip till.

 Scroll to the bottom of this page to see some more ugly pics:  http://www.paul-julia.com/Farming2008.shtm 

 Here are some pics from 07 when it worked:

http://www.paul-julia.com/Farming2007.shtm

3rd year no-till corn



Edited by pbutler 9/24/2008 23:39
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