This is the result of clear cutting corn fields for large dairies. There is at least a 1000 acres in my neighborhood like this. No cover left to hold back water. No cover crop planted. Manure pits are knifed in the fall and tilled again in the spring to plant more corn for silage. Water infiltration rates are terrible so the soil and nutrients run off. Fields with last year's crop residue are not doing this. Minnehaha County, SD. #SoilHealth is lacking. #erosion is terrible.
@trapdoor1873 You mean chopping corn. It's a good thing the manure is knifed in rather than broadcast on top . How late in the season are they putting manure on? If it's past the end of October there is very little time, at least in my area to get a cover crop applied and then actually grow.
@FarmChicJodi They could have seeded rye before the manure application( or after). It digs some out but would have been fine. This was total lack of management. There is no soil structure. This field blew over the winter too. Terrible snirt.
@trapdoor1873 @FarmChicJodi Work in a perfect world if it we would of had a crucial ingredient this fall…….rain. #commonsense
@loganwiskur1 @FarmChicJodi There was plenty of moisture here to get it going.