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Thanks, all good points. My long term plan for the field is to convert about half to oaks and leave the other half to plant corn and beans properly. I just need to get some cover on it in the meantime. Hogs are a concern although there is a lot of corn planted in the area already and I have...

Does anyone have experience with planting corn without fertilizer? I realize it likely would not make much corn but do you think it would stand at least 5-6 foot tall and make some decent bedding? It is rich MS delta soil. I've got a 20 acre field I want to plant in something for bedding and...

Thanks for sharing. I find the numbers to be way off with my set up and I read in some other forums where other people have reported them being way off from the chart. Most people recommend throwing away the bean cups and buying bean meters but I am not wanting to spend +100 per row at this...

Mine was cut down from a larger one and does not have a full transmission. I have one gear combo; 20 tooth on the front to a 30 tooth on the back. According to the manual that should deliver approximately 60 lbs/acre of soybeans however when I way the seed from 20 wheel revolutions I calculate...

Hello, has anyone planted Iron & Clay Peas with a JD7000 planter? If so, what was your feed cup set up and planting rate? The soybean cups on mine are dropping 200 lbs per acre with iron clay peas and I am trying to get it to 40-50 lbs.acre. I have a 20 to 30 tooth sprocket combo and I dont...

Having seen both I would recommend the Cosmo with a poly hopper and stainless spinner plate. My neighbor and I both purchased an Agrex and we both have been disappointed with ours. He did not clean his well and stored it outside and only got one years use out of it before the spinner plate...

When broadcasting with poor coverage the secret to success is getting timely rains soon after planting through establishment. The best stand of cowpeas I have at this point is the one that volunteered after washing my UTV and trailer in the back yard after planting this past June. The seeds...

I used some lab lab in a mix with cowpeas and beans last year and was very pleased with the lab lab performance. It was quick to establish and matured later than the iron and clay cowpeas which put it into early archery season here. I would like to use more but it is pricey compared to iron...

It certainly comes down to personal preference I suppose. I have had both and boomless broadcast nozzles made my life easier. I have a lot of small plots and plots with trees to navigate around. If you have open ground and/or larger plots the fan nozzles on a boom would likely be my choice as...

There is a place for the broadcast nozzles as well. Flat fan nozzles give a more even distribution but then you have a boom to worry about which can be a pain in small plots or plots mixed with trees. Also, the broadcast nozzles generally have larger droplets which are less sensitive to spray...

Be sure to clean and drain the pump everytime you use it. On some of the Northstar sprayers you have to disconnect a hose below the pump to get the pump drained completely. I am on my 3rd NS pump on a 15 month old sprayer. I ran the tank dry and then cleaned with water each time running dry...