Top sown wheat

[rediron]

all the corn piles hurt the dove fields

[BrownDog]

Broadcasting wheat is not the issue. Look at the wheat cheat sheet and you will see that it is acceptable to broadcast wheat. What is at question is not covering the seed and the timing. I think the issues have been confused and Clemson will never say broadcasting seed on freshly plowed dirt without any incorporation is an acceptable method of planting wheat as a cash crop.

[Duck Tape]

Cover crop is different from cash crop.

[BrownDog]

What is listed below is straight from the wheat cheat sheet. You will see that both cash and cover crops are covered. As the sponsoring legislator I would hope you are very familiar with this document. I still say broadcasting seed is not the issue, timing and incorporation/ covering are. It would be a waste of time if those two items were not addressed.


Broadcast Seeding: Although grain drills result in much more consistent stands by precisely controlling seed placement; adequate stands and yields can be attained with broadcast seeding when seeding rate (approx. 36 – 40 ft2), a uniform distribution pattern, and soil incorporation depth are reasonably controlled. Seed should be lightly incorporated (up to 2”) into adequate soil moisture for best results.
Surface broadcasting of small grain seed without any covering by either soil incorporation or crop residue usually results in complete failure or erratic stands and therefore is not a recommended practice for grain production or cover crop establishment. Soil incorporation of seed is recommended for grain crop production.
Where small grains are intended only as a cover crop, broadcast seeding and covering with crop residue can produce adequate stands. For example seed covering and germination for a cover crop can be attained by surface seed broadcast followed by shredding of standing crop residue or broadcast seeding prior to cotton defoliation or soybean leaf drop.

[Duck Tape]

Oh I am familiar alright.

The study includes broadcast after Oct 1 into standing crops and bush hogging afterwards.

It also includes the light disking of a standing crop followed by broadcasting.

[Clemsonwoodie]

BTW to all that say broadcasting wheat is not done by guys growing big acreage of wheat, there was an article in the SE Farm Press a few months ago about doing just this. It spreads really well when incorporated with fertilizer, come back over it with a basket harrow or a cultipacker lightly. It is very successful, much quicker and much more cost efficient than drilling.

Alabama fixed the planting dates
http://southeastfarmpress.com/grains...n-field?page=1

We have been planting 300 arces like this for about 10 years now. Works great.

[JABIII]

We spread all of our wheat acreage this season with a spreader truck.

[MC]

If you are the impatient type skip ahead to about 9:45. The whole segment though is pretty good and will make you think.