OT. No Till Pasture Gound

I'm looking at possibly row cropping some land that has been pastured for several years. Which would the best first crop to plant corn or soybeans? Should it be ripped to loosen soil since heavily compacted by cattle grazing? Burndown as soon as possible this spring? Any suggestions appreciated.

I know you'll think I'm crazy but no till in beans. I did it the last 2 years on what was grass since we owned it back in the early 60's and it went 54 bushels each year. Going in with corn this year. Those beans mellow the soil and the sod was not an issue either year. Driving across it after harvest in my pickup the tire tracks were 2" deep.

this is what i did 3 yrs ago ,,same idea ,,SOIL TEST IS A MUST if You are in Southern IN ,.In The fall I applied 2 ton of lime ,, IN mID March hit it with pint 2-4d And some quart of roundup ..used RR Corn SEDD because johnson grass areas, planted around april 20th at 30k population ,got a nice stand with a 400 cyclo with no till coulters and double disc openers Needed lots of P and K . And of Course nitrogen at proper times , used a pint of roundup and 3 pints Lariat when corn was 2-4 tall, came back when it was 3ft tall and hit troubled spots with roundup i hoped for 150 bu,,. It made about 110 bu per acre, rain and heat was a factor at the wrong durn time ,,2nd yr. accordin to soil test Lime was nearly 7,,still needed lots of N and P ,, K was needed but stable ,,. Good stand , Went to non GMO corn,and johnson grass areas come back with a vengence in a few areas ,,that was not nearly a problem as the 3 weeks of 100 degree heat at pollinating ear setting time and NO RAIN precceded by a wet spring thru june,, ended up with 80 bu. ,WEATHER WAS THE BIGGEST FACTOR ,barely was worthwhile, but gonna try again ,,. this yr goin RR beans in 15 inch rows after discing , and I will Soil Test..

There are SO many differences in soil types/cropping practices that I'd suggest asking a local FARMER. Around 'here', I'd just plant no-til beans with a burn-down at planting unless the existing vegetation was too tall to get the chemical(s) on it at planting........in which case you'd need an earlier burn-down. Have done it numerous times.

Go to beans as others suggested. Don't rip it, you will be amazed how mellow pasture ground will be after killing the grass off. Have seen tall fescue roots 10' deep.

If the ground is fairly smooth now (not all rutted or roughed up from pasturing) you should just burn down what's there with roundup and plant roundup ready soybeans. Then, when weeds start to show up, give it another shot. A smooth surface will make combining go a lot better. Some of the best soybeans I ever had were drilled into sod. In one case it was quackgrass where I didn't want to do any tillage to avoid cutting/splitting rhizomes. The other was into six year old alfalfa sod. I would do it again in a minute.