ABSTRACT
A considerable part of the effort in the early part of the Ohio tillage research program devotes to the development of functioning crop management systems. A soybean crop following wheat harvest is adapted to all of Ohio and has been tried by a few growers in southern Michigan. The northern limit of this practice will be determined by the length of growing season. Scientists in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana recognized that soil characteristics have a profound influence on crop response to tillage systems and developed lists of soils with suggestions for tillage selection or indications of soil suitability for no-tillage. Results from Ohio tillage studies indicated that tillage systems should be matched to soil characteristics. Multiple cropping that may be applicable both to Ohio and parts of Michigan includes soybeans following wheat harvest and corn for silage following a first meadow harvest. Reduced and no-tillage practices are better adapted to well drained soils.
