Grower panel discusses their strategies for making reduced-tillage systems work for them.

1. Reduced Tillage
System
Mark Foster

2. Tillage…..Why? What?
-Build organic matter levels
-Control all forms of erosion
-Warm Silt loam Soils
-Create an even seed bed after manure
-Curb tillage compaction
-Disturb soil as little as possible
-Has to work with cover crops

3. Less tillage starts at the combine

4. Salford RTS. 2200I
-1 5/8” Coil-Tech Coulter II blade mount
-20” dia x 5mm coulter ( Made to handle Stones)
-High speed rolling baskets

5. Need well set up
planting equipment
-Well maintained
-Managed down pressure
-No-Till able equipment

6. Cover crops…The process.

7. -5lb on the frost in March
-No need for more seed
-Wheat was burnt down with Eragon Pre-Harvest
-Does not turn out like this every year!!!

8. 2200I RTS. working mature Alfalfa

9. Challenges with
this system
-RTS, will not level at all
-Have use more aggressive
equipment to prepare field
for system
-Huge power requirement
approx.12hp/working foot
-must be more aggressive
with pre emerge weed
control
-Fuel use .4Gal/ac +/-

10. The end result
We want this Hopefully not this

11. Thank You
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