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Post by Catscratch on Oct 23, 2021 19:54:02 GMT -6
I pulled up thatch in 3 spots this evening. No less than 2 spiders under each handful. Relevant to this discussion and Foggy's new approach, or no?
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Post by Foggy on Oct 23, 2021 20:34:51 GMT -6
Here is a farmer whom is COMMITTED to new ways of doing things. Great video on what is happening in big ag. A special note to SD.....is to watch the commercial at about 10 minuteness into the presentation. Pretty ladies for you? Grin.
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Post by Foggy on Oct 23, 2021 21:45:15 GMT -6
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Post by Foggy on Oct 24, 2021 21:11:16 GMT -6
Worth your time to watch....IMO.
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 28, 2021 7:57:54 GMT -6
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Post by Foggy on Oct 28, 2021 8:50:48 GMT -6
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 28, 2021 9:31:12 GMT -6
That's a good one. I think that's the one where he talks about his cover crop test plots from back in 2007 where they grew like ten species in individual plots (mono crops). All ten on their own died because it didn't rain. Where they mixed all ten together to get rid of the seed, it flourished.
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Post by Foggy on Oct 30, 2021 9:02:28 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Oct 30, 2021 9:11:28 GMT -6
Maybe 5-7 years ago or so I saw quite a number of fields with brassica/oat cover crops. I don't see those anymore. I don't know if there was a cost share program for those fields back then or what. I believe they were seeded via airplane
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 30, 2021 10:29:46 GMT -6
Maybe 5-7 years ago or so I saw quite a number of fields with brassica/oat cover crops. I don't see those anymore. I don't know if there was a cost share program for those fields back then or what. I believe they were seeded via airplane Are you sure it wasn’t rye and brassica?
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Post by Foggy on Oct 30, 2021 17:03:18 GMT -6
Air applied seeds seem to have some limitations from what I have read. I thought perhaps some large drones could do this function......maybe some day? Until then.....SD and his seed blower seems like the only alternative for small time operators.
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Post by smsmith on Oct 30, 2021 20:32:16 GMT -6
Maybe 5-7 years ago or so I saw quite a number of fields with brassica/oat cover crops. I don't see those anymore. I don't know if there was a cost share program for those fields back then or what. I believe they were seeded via airplane Are you sure it wasn’t rye and brassica? no, I'm not sure. The leaves/blades seemed to be quite a bit wider than I'd expect for rye, but that's just an anecdotal observation
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 30, 2021 22:04:53 GMT -6
Air applied seeds seem to have some limitations from what I have read. I thought perhaps some large drones could do this function......maybe some day? Until then.....SD and his seed blower seems like the only alternative for small time operators. You gotta get done what needs to get done.
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Post by batman on Oct 31, 2021 8:12:57 GMT -6
Maybe 5-7 years ago or so I saw quite a number of fields with brassica/oat cover crops. I don't see those anymore. I don't know if there was a cost share program for those fields back then or what. I believe they were seeded via airplane Airplane seeded Cost share program in MO has you pay upfront then govt cuts you a check but I think its just high erodible no till to qualify.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 1, 2021 6:18:57 GMT -6
Air applied seeds seem to have some limitations from what I have read. I thought perhaps some large drones could do this function......maybe some day? Until then.....SD and his seed blower seems like the only alternative for small time operators. That’s one of the challenges of all this. Often times the best conditions for planting are the worst conditions for being able to get across the soil without doing all kinds of damage. If I have wet topsoil at planting time, that’s a gift. Knowing which seeds fly on well, which ones can self regulate if they get too thick, and which thrive in a tight mixture. All parts of the puzzle.
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