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German GM wheat trials approved but site sabotaged
"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message snip Torsnsins ranting Bwahahahahaha Can you say 'continuous no till'? I am starting 90 acers of what we intend to be continuous no till cotton That the wheat was killed early this wee with round up. and putting 60 some acres of a alfalfa meadow that is past its productive life in to cotton as well on my home place. Historically we have kept this place it 14 to 1/3 Alfalfa. No matter the out come I expect we will continue to do that. Alfalfa is the number on cash crop on this farm. The land just need some time between alfalfa crop to get rid of the diseases. On my wife's place in west Texas they had a break down with the drilling rig and are just now finishing up the testing of the 125 acers of drip so I expect the farmer will elect to do reduced tillage and with the trenching that has been done it will take a little more than what world be normally be in notill cotton grown on drip irrigated land. This combination made 5 480# bales to the acre in the area in many fields. His intention it to manage this as no till cotton. Her other place is very short on water an I expect he will dance with the one that bring him on that place until he has more experience. Irrigation with limited water is tricky. While many with pivot irrigated cotton were making 3 to 3.5 bales to the acre. Drip won't do this much better every year because the weather was perfect for drip. I need to study the soils there to see what the best rotations are by they do well wiht long cotton rotatonions if they are careful to replace what the use. Now with no till the can replace the one thing than no crop that depended on tillage could do by replacing organic matter at as slow rate that should start to show results in 5 years and continue for at least ten more before reaching equilibrium. In Oklahoma if the water quality is good enough on my home place I plan on drill in two more wells and see ho much water we have. I currently have 175 Gallons per minute. 600 is consider the ideal to water 120 acres the amount of ground you cover with a center pivot. I don't expect that much. If I can get as much as 200 I have a number of options open. put in a center pivot and water half cotton and half wheat. If I can get the wheat pay. A second is half alfalfa and half cotton and shoot for three good cuttings a seed crop and a final forth cutting. Using the low level of water to insure a better crop every year or install drip in an area where I would be the first one doing it. If I lived there I would be more likely to do it. But we are 20 years behind on irrigation technology from west Texas. I would rather some one else introduce the technology to the area. Of course I have the choice of leaving it alone and be satisfied with the 8 or 19% it pays on its value every year and depreciation allowance starts all over again and between all farms will eat up the taxes on 15 or 20 thousand dollars a year. That's what we are doing for agriculture to reduce erosion, increase production, better utilize water and increase income. What are you doing to improve the state of agriculture. Are you raising your organic garden so you can be sure you food is organic an not the commercial stuff that was sorted out because of blemishes, marked organic and the prices doubled and sold to organic wholesalers. Do you trust your organic food in the store any more than any other company that gets food from all over the world. They have far less inspections than conventional food. From the folk that push organic food I wouldn't put anything past them. Gordon Couger Stillwater, OK www.couger.com/gcouger |
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