Economies of Size for Conventional Tillage and No-till Wheat Production



Table 1. Field Operations for Conventional Tillage and No-till Wheat Production Systems.

____________Field Operations____________

Month

Conventional

No-till

Moldboard Plow (Used on 20% of Acres)

June

Z

Chisel (Used on 80% of Acres)

June

Z

Apply Herbicide (Glyphosate)

June

Z

Apply Herbicide (Glyphosate)

August

Z

Disk

August

z

Broadcast Fertilizer (46-0-0)

August

z

Z

Disk

September

Z

Apply Herbicide (Glyphosate)

October

Z

Disk

October

Z

Band Fertilizer (18-46-0)

October

Z

Z

Plant Wheat (Conventional-Till Drill)

October

Z

Plant Wheat (No-Till Drill)

October

Z

Apply Insecticide (Dimethoate)

April

Z

Z

Harvest Wheat Grain___________________

June

Z______

Z

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