PROJECT SUMMARY
Isaac Zeng: No-till Drill
SITE SUMMARY
The 250 acre farm rotates corn, sorghum sudan, and hay crops. Cover crop is used on all fields and is conventionally drilled. The drill currently used is fitted with old parts and does not create a uniform cover crop stand.
OPERATION TYPE
Cropland
SITE FOCUS
Equipment
SITE RESOURCE CONCERN
Poor cover crop stands due to an old drill allows for less soil cover and greater risk for runoff and erosion. Conventional drilling increases soil compaction.
RESOURCE CONCERNS
Compaction, Erosion
Here it is seen no-tilling hay seed into a pasture that was thinning out.
Relevant Metrics
Acres
Feet
People
Other
250
the drill worked very well. attached is a picture of it hooked to the tractor we used on it in the fall. Here it is seen no-tilling hay seed into a pasture that was thinning out. This practice allowed us to rejuvenate about 35 acres of hay without having to work the ground and start from scratch. It also put rye in for cover crop as well as straw, about 20 acres. Planted 70 acres of wheat, we noticed that the drill is heavy, and when planting in soil that had been conventionally tilled, the depth had to be adjusted considerably so as not to put the seed too far into the ground. The new cultors and seed openers allowed us to plant effectively through trash, and we are looking forward to no-tilling soybeans behind last years sorghum crop in the spring. in the next three years i estimate we will use this drill to no-till approx. 750 acres.
Installation Date
Other Information
CONTACT INFORMATION
Isaac
Zeng
7328614932
North Jersey RC&D Contact
Sam Loscalzo
WATERSHED:
Neshanic
Neshanic
2030105030060
PROJECT
LOCATION
107 Manners Rd. Ringoes, NJ 08551
Hunterdon
This Project was Funded by:
["NJ DEP 319 (h) Neshanic"]

