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Re: No Till Drills, tractor horsepower requirement
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Posted by VADAVE on July 24, 2007 at 08:54:48 from (63.164.202.130):
In Reply to: No Till Drills, tractor horsepower requirement posted by arod on July 24, 2007 at 08:44:39:
OK you are where I was 10 years ago.
YES no-till is the way to go. Now size, John Deere and a few others make a 10 foot no-till drill that 80 horse will pull. And yes renting the drill is practical--you can rent a long time for the price of a new drill.
Yes you can drill beans behind corn. Remember corn fodder will lay all winter and be pretty well rotted by the time you drill beans. I no-till (drill) wheat right behind corn with no problem.
Yes you can no-till corn behind beans. However you will need a different planter, as in a corn planter. They are not too expensive, I suggest getting a John Deere 7000 conservation 4 row planter. They aren't real expensive and four rows keep the time down. You can plant 30 acres in a day easy and have time left over. It'll take more time to harvest.
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