The civil service view is that working the ground before planting produces only modest results, but the experience of many growers contradicts this
by PAT LYNCH
I have just finished a frustrating discussion with a civil servant about the benefits of tillage before soys. He said there was lots of information showing that the best you could expect if you work ground before planting soys was a couple of bushels per acre. He said he had seen numerous trials to prove that point. I replied that many growers told me that they were getting five to 10 bushels per acre by working the ground.