Planting Summer-fallow

Filling

Planting Trucks

Fertilizer Fill

Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding

Standing Stubble

This field was summer-fallow in 2007. Hope it will make some wheat in 2008

Air cart freshly re-filled

Fertilizer and seed trucks

Hydraulic auger powered from truck hoist pump filling cart.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

Seeding into last years wheat stubble.

No need for pre-plant burndown here. Rigorous control of weeds eventually depletes the seed bank. If there is nothing growing, there is no sense in spraying. Field will be scouted for weeds in about a month, but I doubt there will be any justification for spraying at that time either.