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Arva, Ontario | Chad.
Thank you for taking the time to do the prep, then plant the plot, and harvest it with a righteous measuring device. Furthermore, thanks for posting the results.
Your observations echo ours here in the Great Lakes Basin in that there’s not a lot to pick from in these tillage regimes. Where differences lie, IMO is that no-till and strips take more ‘management’ with respect to residue distribution, the discipline to not mark fields in the fall, and the recognition that it takes a bit better grade of operator in the planter to make sure the seed zone is cleared, depth consistent, and the seed trench closed. For some, it is ‘easier’ to make it black in the fall, beat it to bug dust in the spring, and plant with the same settings as worked last year. Personally, I’ll replace the labor, fuel and overhead with some management.
The ‘here’ difference between no-till and strip-till in the Lake Erie watershed is that it gives us the opportunity to apply P in fairly large quantities and have it incorporated with minimal soil disturbance. Other options would be broadcast followed by full width tillage, or banding with planter or drill.
I agree with Tom’s observation that hybrid lifetimes are too short anymore to categorize them by tillage. This is where I rely on the breeder ratings and supplier input to keep the “Goldilocks” hybrids off of our no-till/strip-till environment.
Thanks again for sharing.
Ken | |
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Notill vs Fall Strip vs Conventional tillage COB- NC Iowa
