''t NEWARK, Del. No-till be planting their corn and
acreage in Delaware has soybeans this way.
grown rapidly over the past There are several reasons
few years. As the 1989 season for the rising popularity of
winds along, it looks like no-till, says University of
more and more farmers will Delaware extension crops
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specialist Frank Webb. Fuel
prices are way up compared
to previous years. Tune and
labor are worth much more,
too. And no-tillage gives you
savings on all three counts.
Farmers trading in or
buying new machinery are
also attracted by the
reduced equipment needs of
this cultural system, which
doesn’t require the discs,
harrow and other ac
cessories used with the
moldboard plow.
With new tractors selling
for between $50,000 and
$lOO,OOO, and accessories for
them going $lO,OOO to $25,000,
this is something to think
about.
One of the big advantages
of no-till is that it saves time.
And tuning is especially
important this year because
it’s been a very wet spring.
“Everything is backed up
because of all the ram we
had at the end of April,”
notes Webb.
With the pressure to get
com m and prepare the
ground for soybeans, lots of
farmers may have made
some last-minute shifts to
no-till, just to get everything
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plagued Del. farmers
done. This means some
people are trying this system
for the first tune without
having given much thought
as to how the switch affects
seeding rates, fertilization,
and weed control.
Because of all the wet
weather, weeds are likely to
be a problem in a lot of
fields, even with con
ventionally planted com.
With no-till com, they pose a
much more serious problem,
since your regular spray
mixture can hurt the com.
Yet all that competing
vegetation must be con
trolled or you won’t have
much of a crop. So keep a
close watch on your fields
and if you see a problem
developing, get in touch with
your county agent im
mediately for advice on how
to handle it.
“They say we leam by our
mistakes,” notes Webb.
“Troubles like this can be
headed off with a bit more
planning and preparation.
The best setup for no-tdlage
is to have a sprayer on your
tractor and planter ng, or
else to have a separate spray
tractor following your
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planter as closely as
possible.”
He also expects to see
more soybeans gomg into no
till this year - both double
cropped and full-season
beans.
“I would advise anyone
gomg mto full-season no-till
soybeans for the first tune to
get m touch with their county
agent for the most up-to-date
information available on this
system,” he says.
“It’s still a fairly new
practice. All the details
aren’t worked out yet, but we
know enough to help you set
up a fairly successful
program.”
Whether you’re growing
com or soybeans, some kind
of cover crop is essential in
all of the no-till systems-for
better weed control,
moisture retention and in
creased yield. The existing
stubble makes an excellent
mulch when planting no-till
beans after small gram.
Covers on full-season
soybeans and no-till com can
consist of either previous
crop residues, or killed
winter covers like rye,
Austrian winter peas, vetch,
or crimson clover. Because
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plants, besides serving as
beneficial mulches.
As energy costs continue
to rise, Webb expects no
tillage to become even more
widely used in crop
production.
He cites comparisons
made between this and other
tillage practices by
University of Delaware
extension agricultural
engineer Tom Williams and
extension agronomist Bill
Mitchell. Their findings
underline the savings
possible with no-till.
They report the moldboard
plow is the most energy
intensive of the tillage op
tions open to farmers.
Substituting the chisel
plow for the moldboard plow
reduces horsepower hours
per acre by 24 percent, fuel
use by 20 percent, and man
hours of labor by 15 percent.
Even better from an
energy standpoint is no
tillage, which consumes only
18 percent as much fuel as
the moldboard plow system
and requires only 30 percent
as much labor.
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