[AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/DentonSEOld Threseher's Reunion

[charlie hill]

Thanks  John,    at least I remembered part of it correctly.  grins.

Does anyone up your way use the rigs with big rippers that run ahead of the 
planters to open a "trench" in the no till ground?
I see a few of those rigs down here on big farms.  Takes a lot of horsepower 
but it's pretty much a one pass operation with ripping, planting and 
spraying all done at once.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: john hall
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:36 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/DentonSEOld Threseher's 
Reunion

Charlie, today was the cut off for planting beans and getting full coverage
in my area. We can still plant for 2 more weeks, but there is a reduction in
coverage that increases daily past June 30th. We got 2 inches of rain on
Tues so we started drilling Wed. night. Last week I hired a guy to come
drill my beans with a big Deere no-till. He tried 2 different fields and it
wouldn't go in the ground. He left here and went 2 miles down the road to
another farm and wound up parking it. There was moisture in the ground but
the land was too hard to penetrate. With the rain my Tye drill has done a
decent job. The worst part is trying to get through all the residue. I've
got more weight piled on it than the manufacturer ever intended.

John  Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/DentonSEOld
Threseher's Reunion


>.
>
> I'm testing my memory here but isn't the planting date for Soybeans
> already
> past?   You can still plant them but unless they extend the deadline can
> you
> insure the crop?    I hear some guys are thinking about planting Milo
> (grain
> sorghum) instead.   I don't know if that would work or not.
>
> Charlie
>

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