[AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/DentonSEOld Threseher'sReunion

[Mike 1countryguy]

Strip til units (12-30 ") rows require 300 plus hp and also inject the anhy. .........no way can u pull a planter .  The tractor and mounted unit are in excess of 30-35,000 lbs.   We have used these for the 7th yr.  You have to figure about 20-25 $/acre plus the fertilizer.
 > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:56:41 -0400
> From: farmallsupera at earthlink.net
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County	Indiana	tractorshow/DentonSEOld	Threseher'sReunion
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> I would love to try strip till, I think it would work well in our soils and it combines the best parts of conventional tillage and no-till. We would have to get a much bigger tractor though.
> 
> I have seen some corn this spring planted in fields that have been continuous no-till for several years, and it really looked bad.  I don't think the roots can penetrate that sand.  I bet it would look better if it had been strip tilled first.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> >Sent: Jul 1, 2011 9:41 PM
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> >Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana	tractorshow/DentonSEOld	Threseher'sReunion
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> >Never seen any like that. It sounds like you are talking about "strip-till" 
> >farming. Basically you have a trash moving coulter to move the residue, then 
> >a small ripper, followed by a planter unit. I would think it is pretty good 
> >on corn or beans planted in wide rows (everything here is narrow row--8") 
> >Other than tobacco, literally everything here is no-till. It is surprising 
> >how hard those drills pull when fully loaded and you hit some soft ground or 
> >head up a hill.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> >To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 7:43 AM
> >Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/DentonSEOld 
> >Threseher'sReunion
> >
> >
> >> 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" 
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> >> 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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