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MNfarmer85
Posted 2/7/2025 23:39 (#11093969 - in reply to #11093461)
Subject: RE: No Till Soybeans, What corn head?


South Central MN		I don't know if the soil types you have compare to what I have, but at least you are in the same state... (Heavy black clay loam here)

I only have a 1063 CIH corn head, so far been working out alright, might have to do knives on it this year though as it does have a few acres through it now but still cuts most of them off. (Also considering stompers on the rows in front of the tires or a devastator kit for the whole head, tires aren't cheap and can tell that running nothing is doing some damage to the combine tires in the fall.)

I do think the 4 of 6 rows of short corn stubble are helping to wick moisture out, but can't tell how much.

When you go full no-till the soil does change over a period of 3-5 years, depending if you use cover crops or not. I will say that those first years can be a challenge since each year is different, but once you get to year 6 you may be surprised at what you can plant through. This past spring did manage to get seed in the ground on patches where it smothered out from too much moisture when rain fell later after planting. Row units made it through fine, but the ground drive setup did start to slip and drop population.

I don't know if you are up to no-tilling corn yet, works nice in soybean ground unless the spring is wet when it all turns to slime, have actually had good luck doing no-till corn on corn even though it felt wrong at the time just due to the row units riding better on the extra residue.
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