Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

Here is info on no-till for anyone to check.  Many claim to be no-till when they are not.   Never, never, plow or cultivate for any reason.   It works.  Hughes does not say he is organic but he only uses chemicals on the weeds which blow on to his farm from the adjoining farm's field.

 

Ken H

 

Mechanized:  1985-2000, Dr. Morrison, TX research station, proved that permanent beds, with permanent tracks,  increase yields 15%.  In 2002, A D Hughes [806-866-5667] decided to go no-till and purchased a no-till planter.  He planted the cotton, harvested the cotton, planted wheat, knocked down the wheat and he was ready to plant again.  His cost went to the basement.  Buster Adair [806-755-2532] has been no-till [cotton] for twenty-five years.  Steve Groff [cedarmeadowfarm.com] has been no-till [vegetables, corn] for 35 years.  No-till farming requires a no-till planter and/or no-till drill.  ¡It works!

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