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PROJECT SUMMARY
Gregory Altvater: No-till equipment upgrades
SITE SUMMARY
Altvater no-till plants corn and sorghum in approximately 100-140 acres and cover crops rye in the fall. He currently uses ... to fertilize crops.
OPERATION TYPE
Cropland
SITE FOCUS
Equipment, Nutrient Management
SITE RESOURCE CONCERN
With his current no-till setup, he has trouble planting seed in the ground on time and can not be straight no-till.
His current method of fertilizing ...
RESOURCE CONCERNS
Nutrient Run-off, Erosion, Compaction
SOLUTION
His no-till planter equipment is need of replacement parts to aim towards going straight no-till on 140 acres and to maintain the quality of cover crop stands and continue improving soil health and water quality.
Equipment for in-furrow pop-up fertilizing will allow him to place fertilizer where seeds can utilize it best, reducing the amount of fertilizer needed by approximately ... and reducing the risk of fertilizer run-off.
PLANNED BMPS
No-till, Cover Cropping, Nutrient management
Relevant Metrics
Acres
Feet
People
Other
140
To RCD
The upgrades on the John deere 7200 corn planter made a big difference. The row cleaners push trash and residue out of the way allowing the no-till blade cut a the soil so the seed disc create a trench for the seed to be planted in a clean path of soil. The in furrow liquid fertilizer system or(pop-up) dribbles the fertilizer in the seed trench. I use 4.5gals/ac. With the use of the pop up it put fertilizer right were its needed and when the soil is little colder gets the corn seed out of the ground faster.
Thank you
Gregory Altvater
Installation Date
Other Information
CONTACT INFORMATION
Gregory
Altvater
908-528-7070
North Jersey RC&D Contact
Sam Loscalzo
WATERSHED:
Neshanic
Neshanic
2030105030040
PROJECT
LOCATION
571 Sergeantsville Road, Flemington, NJ 08822
Hunterdon
40.459306
-74.929994
This Project was Funded by:
["NJ DEP 319 (h) Neshanic"]