Minimum Tillage for Corn

This publication explains several minimum tillage planting methods such as strip processing, till, chisel, wheel track, and plow planting, modified rototilling, hard ground listing, and once-over tillage. Problems, advantages, and disadvantages of minimum tillage are also discussed

Minimum Tillage for Corn

Minimum tillage for corn discusses methods of planting, including strip processing, modified rototilling, hard ground listing, chisel plowing, wheel track planting, plow planting, and once-over tillage. Included are advantages and disadvantages of water infiltration, soil erosion and temperature, water evaporation, soil compaction and aeration, soil structure, and adaption to soil types. Problems, such as weed control, fertilizer placement, insect control, and the economics of minimum tillage, as also discussed