No-till Experimentation
As part of our commitment to soil health, we are developing innovative no-till systems that we hope can be adopted by regional growers. In the summer of 2021, for example, we grew no-till cantoloupe and watermelons. The process involved transplanting melons in June into a rolled and crimped cover crop of oats and peas. The oats and peas were no-till planted in April into a winter killed cover crop of sorghum, cow pea, sunflower, and sunnhemp.
Spring wheat is planted in the early spring and it is harvested in July.