Title
Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
526-978
Description
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.
Publication Date
1978
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Derscheid, Lyle A.; Durland, George R.; and Shubeck, Fred E., "Minimum Tillage for Corn" (1978). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 1207.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/1207
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.