Drill, No -Till or Overseeder?

[Turkeyman]

We plant about 20 acres of food plots with the hopes of doubling this in the next 2 yrs. Soil ranges from black earth to clay to sandy loam. We plant rye grass, peas, rape, clover, sorghum, kale, millet, and wheat. Currently we broadcast these along with our fertilizer.
Current prep is discing several times and then planting. I would like to reduce the discing time down to one pass- reason we are looking at a drill. Draging with a fence does not do a good job unless everything very smooth. We have looked into a 8' cultipacker but that will cost $700, and require another trip over the field.
If we go with a no till how much real world prep will we need- still disc at least once? Can we just use a overseeder to save some $$? Any experience will help with the decision.

Thanks

 

[Turkeyman]

We plant about 20 acres of food plots with the hopes of doubling this in the next 2 yrs. Soil ranges from black earth to clay to sandy loam. We plant rye grass, peas, rape, clover, sorghum, kale, millet, and wheat. Currently we broadcast these along with our fertilizer.
Current prep is discing several times and then planting. I would like to reduce the discing time down to one pass- reason we are looking at a drill. Draging with a fence does not do a good job unless everything very smooth. We have looked into a 8' cultipacker but that will cost $700, and require another trip over the field.
If we go with a no till how much real world prep will we need- still disc at least once? Can we just use a overseeder to save some $$? Any experience will help with the decision.

Thanks

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Check out Kasco Mfg. in Shelbyville, In. They have an extensive line of no-till and conventional tillage planter/seeders. Looked at 'em at a show a few years back. I was impressed.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Check out Kasco Mfg. in Shelbyville, In. They have an extensive line of no-till and conventional tillage planter/seeders. Looked at 'em at a show a few years back. I was impressed.