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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2007-11-20

Observation Date 2007-11-08

Comment:
No-till planted organic cereal rye (no variety stated) into Biodiversity Study treatments B4, B5, and B16. Planted with JD 7420a tractor and JD 750 no-till drill. Drill setting: 32. The drill meter (counter) indicated that 1.0 acre was planted. A total of three 50 pound bags were used. When finished 20 pounds of seed was removed from the drill. Seeding rate: 130 pounds of seed used/1.0 acres = 130 lbs seed/A or (130 pounds of seed used/Acre)/(56 pounds/1 bu rye) (one bushel of rye equals 56 pounds) = 2.3 bu of rye/A. We did not have a count of the number of seed that each pound of the rye contained, therefore we can not say how many seeds were planted per acre. B4 plots: (104, 220, 307, and 404); B5 plots: (114, 217, 312, and 405); B16 plots: (101, 210, 308, and 416).

Areas:
B16 B4 B5

Observation Type:
Planting

Activities:

Worker: Joe Simmons

Equipment: John Deere 7420a Tractor

Equipment: John Deere 750 10' no-till drill • Material: organic cereal rye @ 2.3 bushel per acre

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