Patrick, another great educational video! So thankful you and your crop were spared major damage like the Carolinas suffered! With God's help, we will build back better than ever, Carolina Strong!!!
A month ago I never would’ve believed it would yield the same! Some folks that go to our church said they just got power yesterday. And people not too far from them says it’ll be at least a month before they have any. Like you say, anything helps! And prayer works wonders and it don’t cost a thing!
Fellow down the road used to plant his corn and soybeans with a KMC 6 row ripper/spider/planter rig. Pulled it with an AC 7080. Didn’t have coulters in front of the rippers so the ground definitely had to be harrowed first.
Man, sure am glad you got through it ok! Good video and interesting results. I would have thought the conventional would have beat it based on the way it looked during the early growth video you showed. I wonder if it is possible that the no till "catch up" was because the organic material held moisture better during the hot months. The conventional till would not have had that moisture reserve nor the benefit of the material being decomposed. Kinda of like a time released fertilizer effect. Did you use any fungicide? I've seen people claim that no till can lead to more fungus pressure, especially if it is wet, or if you were same crop year over year like beans on beans etc. Since you went from cover crop that concern was probably moot. Those sorghum stalks look like they would be rough on combine tires, similar to corn, but maybe being cut higher lets them bend over rather than sticking vertically.
Here in NC we do alot of strip till. Best of both worlds. Hardest part is getting a setup figured out to deal with the cover crop residue level whether planting green or burnt down. Your clay is definetly a totally different animal. Many blessings
The important part is the profit per acre, but you know that already. Keyboard experts think they know things that they often don't, unless you have done it, you probably don't know it. In my job,we don't work ground unless absolutely necessary. Mainly before we seed hay ground, but sometimes after a wet fall harvest that left ruts.
No more than I know about farming, just helped a farmer put in his tobacco , farming always seemed to be a crapshoot. A farmer needs a crystal ball and lots of luck.
Didn’t do a test weight analysis. Looking at the field at harvest time I wasn’t surprised, but anyone that saw it a month ago (myself included) would have predicted a huge margin in tillage favor.
Patrick, another great educational video! So thankful you and your crop were spared major damage like the Carolinas suffered! With God's help, we will build back better than ever, Carolina Strong!!!
Glad you made it past the storm. Love the videos. I watch them all
A month ago I never would’ve believed it would yield the same! Some folks that go to our church said they just got power yesterday. And people not too far from them says it’ll be at least a month before they have any. Like you say, anything helps! And prayer works wonders and it don’t cost a thing!
No- till for the win!
Hello, Patrick! Glad it's all fine...
Love to see it happening
Thanks for the info. Keep going God bless.
I'm pro profit! That a boy. Thanks for the videos. Look forward to the next one.
Fellow down the road used to plant his corn and soybeans with a KMC 6 row ripper/spider/planter rig. Pulled it with an AC 7080. Didn’t have coulters in front of the rippers so the ground definitely had to be harrowed first.
Enjoyed the video buddy
@@gregrhodes8451 thanks for watching/commenting Greg!
Man, sure am glad you got through it ok! Good video and interesting results. I would have thought the conventional would have beat it based on the way it looked during the early growth video you showed. I wonder if it is possible that the no till "catch up" was because the organic material held moisture better during the hot months. The conventional till would not have had that moisture reserve nor the benefit of the material being decomposed. Kinda of like a time released fertilizer effect.
Did you use any fungicide? I've seen people claim that no till can lead to more fungus pressure, especially if it is wet, or if you were same crop year over year like beans on beans etc. Since you went from cover crop that concern was probably moot. Those sorghum stalks look like they would be rough on combine tires, similar to corn, but maybe being cut higher lets them bend over rather than sticking vertically.
Here in NC we do alot of strip till. Best of both worlds. Hardest part is getting a setup figured out to deal with the cover crop residue level whether planting green or burnt down. Your clay is definetly a totally different animal. Many blessings
I have some strip till videos if you roll back 3-4 years in my catalog. We use to strip till (when I worked for my father) 1,500-2,000 acres a year
The important part is the profit per acre, but you know that already. Keyboard experts think they know things that they often don't, unless you have done it, you probably don't know it. In my job,we don't work ground unless absolutely necessary. Mainly before we seed hay ground, but sometimes after a wet fall harvest that left ruts.
Don't you just love these non farmer keyboard warriors 🤣🤣🤣. It's great to see you prove them wrong.! Farm on brother 👍
Howdy Patrick
Glad to see your ok 👍What happens to the material left standing in the field will you have to spray off the wind blown regrowth
I’m going to incorporate all of it
No more than I know about farming, just helped a farmer put in his tobacco , farming always seemed to be a crapshoot. A farmer needs a crystal ball and lots of luck.
You’re exactly right
A farmer needs STEEL balls and a lot of luck! Trying to be polite, but I don't have any better terms. 😂
Do you run your cattle on your milo stalks like we do in the Texas Panhandle?
Looks like it dried up nicely. Did you all get a lot of rain?
5.5” in 12 hours
@@PatrickShiversthat's almost a lot!
I wonder how much loss you had in the conventional till from the blow down?
Were you surprised at the results of this test? Is there any charcoal rot in the stalks that fell over? Was the test weight the same on both trials?
Didn’t do a test weight analysis. Looking at the field at harvest time I wasn’t surprised, but anyone that saw it a month ago (myself included) would have predicted a huge margin in tillage favor.
What will you do with the residue that is left behind? Till it under for wheat for a cover crop?
It will be incorporated, I have a couple different winter crops I am trying to decide between.
Any value in the left over residue if baled for cattle feed?
Not down south