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Allan in NE · Sep 27, 2008

May 19: Disc under last year's stubble

June 19: Hit 'er with the field cultivator for weed control

Late July: Smack 'er with the spring tooth

Sept 15: Rod it

Sept 19: Planting

One week later:

VADAVE · Sep 27, 2008

Looks real good.
Have you ever thought about no-tilling the wheat? I didn't think it would work or I would get a reduced yield but it hasn't worked out that way. The drills are pretty expensive but the Feds have a program where they'll rent a drill to try to get people to go no-till in erodable areas. First year I did half the conventional and half no-till and couldn't tell the difference so I just stayed with no-till. Actually been thinking about selling the conventional drill (red one of course).

sd pete · Sep 27, 2008

Looks like 85 bushel wheat.

Coloken · Sep 27, 2008

A good rain sure helps. Don't it?
Kenny

Allan in NE · Sep 27, 2008

For sure,

I was a week late on planting just because it was too darned wet to run that rod.

Really pleased with the way it looks this year. Just might have got that planter set dead-on. Came out right at a bushel an acre.

Allan

Coloken · Sep 27, 2008

I used to yell at Allan about stubble mulching and such. I now believe that he has one of the few places, soils, that can stand and benefit from a plow. Apearantly, he has no problem with blowing with his heavy soil. No til saves moisture. Best crop I every had was chemical summer fallow. Besides, running a tractor is his relaxation.
Kennyp

Dave from MN · Sep 27, 2008

Bushel an acre is awful light isnt it? I seeded my rye at 150# an acre and thought I was too thin. I have never done wheat, is is supposed to be seeded at a lower rate?

Coloken · Sep 27, 2008

Depend on the location. Here in Colorado 30 lbs. is enough. I usually plant 40 pounds. At this altitude wheat "stools" out and get thicker. Too thick and a dry year, you are in trouble.
Kennyp

Anonymous-0 · Sep 27, 2008

Obviously, different methods work in different areas. Winter wheat has become quite successful in Manitoba within the last 15 years. To be successful HERE it needs to be seeded into standing stubble (preferably tall standing stubble). The reason for this is to trap and hold at least a foot of snow to avoid winter kill. An average yield is 50 bu/acre. 70 frequently happens, 90 occasionally. We seed 2 bushels/acre in early Sept. preferably into canola stubble usually with 50 lb. 11-51-0. Very late fall (OCT 20) or early spring we add 80 to 100 lb actual N. Harvest of it happens about mid August. We average 12 to 13 inches of moisture per annum.

MF294-4 · Sep 27, 2008

Rod it? Looks like a chisel plow. We usually chisel corn or bean stubble right after harvest.

in-too-deep · Sep 28, 2008

I didn't know what a rod weeder was 'til I read about Allan's on here. You can't see it, but there's a steel rod that scoots along just under the soil's surface. The rod spins as you move forward to kill weeds with out drastic cultivating which dries out the soil. He's gotta conserve soil moisture as best he can out there and the rod weeder kills weeds without disturbing the soil too much.

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