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Any zero till/regenerative ag experts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1652316" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>One year of cc mix is good for developing a mellow seed bed and increasing nutrient availability. Two years is much better.</p><p></p><p>Year 1) This is usually land we have bale grazed on. We make one or two grazings of volunteer annuals and quack grass, hit it with round up, and then no till a SS heavy cc mix in late June or early July. The stand is not perfect due to bale residue, but SS will grow and fill in most spots when cool season plants will not. Broadcast lime in the fall.</p><p></p><p>Year 2) Make a tillage pass and then come back with either soybeans or another CC mix. We have been getting 40 to 50 bu beans w/o chemical fertilizer.</p><p></p><p>Year 3) Make a tillage pass and then under seed perennials. Either combine barley, or wet bale oats, to minimize perennial competition.</p><p></p><p>Totally no till is a great goal for specialized high OM dirt farmers - - but I have residue breakdown, lime incorporation, and hoof compaction to address before re seeding perennials. You will benefit from some tillage on a stock farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1652316, member: 1715"] One year of cc mix is good for developing a mellow seed bed and increasing nutrient availability. Two years is much better. Year 1) This is usually land we have bale grazed on. We make one or two grazings of volunteer annuals and quack grass, hit it with round up, and then no till a SS heavy cc mix in late June or early July. The stand is not perfect due to bale residue, but SS will grow and fill in most spots when cool season plants will not. Broadcast lime in the fall. Year 2) Make a tillage pass and then come back with either soybeans or another CC mix. We have been getting 40 to 50 bu beans w/o chemical fertilizer. Year 3) Make a tillage pass and then under seed perennials. Either combine barley, or wet bale oats, to minimize perennial competition. Totally no till is a great goal for specialized high OM dirt farmers - - but I have residue breakdown, lime incorporation, and hoof compaction to address before re seeding perennials. You will benefit from some tillage on a stock farm. [/QUOTE]
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