• Agronomy
Crop rotation in Montana
So, dryland wheat operation but the old wheat/fallow rotation just doesn't pay the bills anymore. Just started dabbling with some yellow peas, and wondering what guys are doing for rotations and fertility. I've got some sandier ground with lower fertility and I'd like the rotation to also improve my soil health
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Thanks, I appreciate the feedback, I'm going to try some lentils and peas, probably seed the peas as early as I can
We farm in Northwest North Dakota and have a variety of soil types. On our better ground we try to rotate yellow peas in and on our sandier...
MoreWe have been doing lentils and cover crops for several years with good results. The cover crop will take time to see the return but I believ...
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Check with your local NRCS office about cover crops. You can enter into some programs that pay very well just to plant them. And if you can ...
MoreThey probably do help soil health but they need to cashflow, that's why I wish I could get set up with someone to mob graze it
I don’t entirely disagree. We graze ours and do it mostly for the manure as that’s the only realistic way to get it on the dry land. Tillage...
MoreI'm not completely sold on cover crops unless you have cows