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Spring tillage chisel plowing

What is everyone's opinions on chisel plowing group d in the spring before main tillage and planting? Pros and cons? Was gonna do it last fall but had mechanical problems. Thanks

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Verified FBN Member (OK)

I’ve actually been chisel plowing some land this spring. Most has has been heavenly grazed by cattle, so I’m simply doing it to break up com...

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Verified FBN Member (MN)

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Spring 2019 I used an M&W Earthmaster without the ripper, early when it wasn’t too wet. The disk plow left the ground in good shape. Later d...

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Verified FBN Member (IA)

Have to know what kind of soil your working with. Here in wc ia it's too late to run a chisel plow, you'll never get the clods broke down. I...

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I am working with sandy ground... I think for this year Im just gonna run my normal tillage routine... The main thing I'm looking at chiseli...

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Verified FBN Member (MN)

Here, spring chisel leads to poor fields conditions as a rule. Would vt or soil finish.


Verified FBN Member (OR)

Dry Land wheat farmer here. We are still conventional tillage and use a chisel plow every spring. We set up our chisel to inject Solution 32...

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Verified FBN Member (ND)

We have clean up on our farm for rocks and plan chisel or disking to loosen soil after corn. Have a new 17ft rock picker that needs soil pre...

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