No Till Notes: '10 Tips, Part 3'

I’ve been discussing 10 tips for successful no-till crop production and thus far I have covered choosing a good crop rotation, winter wheat as the most important crop for supplying a consistent amount of residues to make the rest of the crop rotation function, and utilizing a stripper head to manage this amount of residues.

I think another important production tip for our area is to add field peas to the crop rotation prior to the winter wheat. Field peas have proven to be the best crop prior to winter wheat seeding in our diverse cropping rotation.

Field peas are the ideal spring legume to ad...