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re: Planted summer plots today
Posted on 6/8/23 at 4:25 pm to 76Forest
Posted on 6/8/23 at 4:25 pm to 76Forest
Thank you all for the replies this is all very interesting to me. You have me thinking a crimper maybe isn’t as much a gimmick as I first believed.
However if a crimper works and saves so much money why don’t farmers whose whole liveleyhood depends on input cost participate in the same practices? Seems like they would be moving in this direction if it works that well wouldn’t they?
The ability to turn poor soil to black soil is VERY interesting to me. I’m spraying and flattening with a Great Plains NT drill and getting a similar result but not using the same principles to guide me. Going to see how this does and perhaps change as I research more and see how the current system progresses.
However if a crimper works and saves so much money why don’t farmers whose whole liveleyhood depends on input cost participate in the same practices? Seems like they would be moving in this direction if it works that well wouldn’t they?
The ability to turn poor soil to black soil is VERY interesting to me. I’m spraying and flattening with a Great Plains NT drill and getting a similar result but not using the same principles to guide me. Going to see how this does and perhaps change as I research more and see how the current system progresses.
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Posted on 6/8/23 at 5:57 pm to Da Hammer
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Seems like they would be moving in this direction if it works that well wouldn’t they?
I believe they will. It is used in the Midwest and North right now. It is used to terminate “cover crops” not harvest a crop. A crimper won’t kill every plant and the ones it does kill has to be done at the right time. I believe you will see a big increase in the next 20 years. It is also used a lot by organic farmers.
The crimper I am looking at is built by a company that makes agricultural equipment. They make them up to 60’ wide.
I believe the government is going to give enough subsidies to farmers to help them start switching over. We may lose some yield/acre averages for a while, but input costs will decrease.
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