Back in the 80s I helped out on FILs farm. We mowed the remainder of the cornstalks after harvesting and then plowed the field. It was a longstanding practice. This was in central Illinois.
Bears received instant karma as one of their defenders taunted the crowd at the beginning of the play rather than focus on the task at hand. Perfect metaphor for the state of the entire organization. It was delicious to watch.
- TinyDancer(FKASue) - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 9:59 am:
Thanks for all the Grateful Dead links. Can’t stop humming Scarlet Begonias.
Remembering Milwaukee Dead concert ‘71 or ‘72.
Audience lighting joints and Andy Frain ushers running all over the auditorium shining flashlights on them until finally the entire crowd started holding up lighters and matches and the ushers just gave up.
Always wondered if that was the event that kicked off the lighter thing.
how do you not get behind the one player on offense? How do you not tip it out of the endzone? How do you taunt and not get into the play asap? the apology on X was wonderful except now that I read about the taunting…did not see it as it happened….the post on X not enough.
- Don't Bloc Me In - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:12 am:
@Flyin’Elvis’: yes, mowing stalks does tend to be a regional thing, in my experience. I’m afraid the practice might be spreading. The main goal is to make the stalks break down more quickly. Too many farmers are still trying to make crop residue disappear, instead of working with it. After mowing, some farmers will then do fall tillage. Leaving the stalks standing helps reduce soil erosion. Mowing stalks is a waste of time and money.
- Give Us Barabbas - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:37 am:
Mowing the stover down to make the dirt look undisturbed is an old and discredited habit. No-till conservation tillage is much cheaper to do, and has many benefits. The stubble helps prevent erosion by wind and water, it is a natural fertilizer, it promotes earthworms which aerates the soil and allows the field to absorb more water than conventional tillage. That means you can operate your equipment in the no till field days sooner than the flooded and muddy ground that doesn’t use no- till. You save money on fuel too by not running the plows an extra time. It’s only a misplaced desire of “tradition” and peer pressure from neighbors who don’t understand the benefits of no-till, that keeps the conventional tillage practices hanging on here and there.
- Flyin'Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 7:51 am:
Serious question for any farmers out there, and maybe this is a regional thing-
When did mowing your fields after harvesting crops become a thing?
- TJ - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 8:19 am:
The Bears effort on the final play versus the former Football Team was almost as bad as the Bears effort to get public money for a new stadium.
- Ducky LaMoore - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 8:50 am:
Flyin’Elvis’, that’s probably vertical tillage. And I’m not a fan.
- Captain Obvious - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 9:01 am:
Back in the 80s I helped out on FILs farm. We mowed the remainder of the cornstalks after harvesting and then plowed the field. It was a longstanding practice. This was in central Illinois.
- Captain Obvious - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 9:05 am:
Bears received instant karma as one of their defenders taunted the crowd at the beginning of the play rather than focus on the task at hand. Perfect metaphor for the state of the entire organization. It was delicious to watch.
- TinyDancer(FKASue) - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 9:59 am:
Thanks for all the Grateful Dead links. Can’t stop humming Scarlet Begonias.
Remembering Milwaukee Dead concert ‘71 or ‘72.
Audience lighting joints and Andy Frain ushers running all over the auditorium shining flashlights on them until finally the entire crowd started holding up lighters and matches and the ushers just gave up.
Always wondered if that was the event that kicked off the lighter thing.
- Amalia - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:00 am:
how do you not get behind the one player on offense? How do you not tip it out of the endzone? How do you taunt and not get into the play asap? the apology on X was wonderful except now that I read about the taunting…did not see it as it happened….the post on X not enough.
- Don't Bloc Me In - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:12 am:
@Flyin’Elvis’: yes, mowing stalks does tend to be a regional thing, in my experience. I’m afraid the practice might be spreading. The main goal is to make the stalks break down more quickly. Too many farmers are still trying to make crop residue disappear, instead of working with it. After mowing, some farmers will then do fall tillage. Leaving the stalks standing helps reduce soil erosion. Mowing stalks is a waste of time and money.
- Give Us Barabbas - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:37 am:
Mowing the stover down to make the dirt look undisturbed is an old and discredited habit. No-till conservation tillage is much cheaper to do, and has many benefits. The stubble helps prevent erosion by wind and water, it is a natural fertilizer, it promotes earthworms which aerates the soil and allows the field to absorb more water than conventional tillage. That means you can operate your equipment in the no till field days sooner than the flooded and muddy ground that doesn’t use no- till. You save money on fuel too by not running the plows an extra time. It’s only a misplaced desire of “tradition” and peer pressure from neighbors who don’t understand the benefits of no-till, that keeps the conventional tillage practices hanging on here and there.
- Here - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 10:53 am:
State’s top congressional race is heating up with negative ads flying from Democrat Eric Sorensen and Republican Joe McGraw.
- very old soil - Monday, Oct 28, 24 @ 11:05 am:
Another reason is to reduce damage to tractor and implement tires.